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s reply

settled deep within me. It

han came into my room

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lly neutral. "Could you get me a glas

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phone. "Just a slight delay. An unexpected m

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, rattling the windows. A classic California atmospheric rive

sly at the window. "

fort her. He probably expected me to follow

the one inside me. His lack of concern for my reaction, my well-being, only s

h the donation, and to show everyone we're a united family, you'll

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affair, Silicon Valley'

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lutch purse, trailing beh

han and Chloe, capturing them as the smiling, bene

nd, invisible, overload

ing Chloe' s sequined clutch. Its contents spilled across

hey were too busy being fêted, accept

iness hit me, and the memory of Leo' s allergi

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meeting" was a spa day with Chlo

bulance, had whispered, "Mommy, I won't eat cookies before dinner a

his voice, the

as still in critical condition, Chl

hers just aren't cut out for it, are they, Sarah

old fire inside me. Soo