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lock, a familiar sou

was quiet, b

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ure of relaxed domest

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in the air. Chloe sipped

for a new magazine on the coffee table, a stray piec

aid, a small,

an instant. "Oh my god,

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burned int

ed my ankle helping him move into his first real off

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stark illumination of whe

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deceit ran deepe

walked to the small table by th

set, then walke

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y, then she took them, her fi

ing a dull red. "Sarah, what the

my documents in my bag.

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