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ait for me at the hotel. A project hit a

ed up that night.

gave Allison

bbed her phone on instinct. She

fogged over. When she picked up Br

d her sobs and ditched an important meeting rig

years. When sick, she turned to Br

oice answered. "Hey, Ms. Palmer. W

snappe

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aydon spent on you, from the apartment you live in to the bag on your shoulder, counts as mari

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up a delivery app and ordered fever med

ills and sipped the wa

d to life like this. She needed

her slightest cold died in th

sign of Braydon

lls from him. He clai

to Kathleen. He cou

e prepared her solo ice show as usua

ce day arrive

dawn. She drove

tand as her last figure skating per

her domestic fans

head, she ran through

ad though, the light t

force slammed h

ut of control. Her head sm

nd blank, the second

r driver's door fr

struck d

n a flash. It pounded h

h metal twists and glass

m her temple. It b

hield, the sky and street she