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voice suddenly two octaves hi

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ed into his pocket and held out a s

holding for a fraction of a second long

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on my desk. It was passed back from the front of the row,

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r was waiting for me by the sc

Kitchen"

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drawing of a smiling w

of hot, fragrant s

office buildings downtown," she said, he

sip, my mind

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