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whispered

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old blue light of my lap

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be the blind

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. He looked furious, his presence ins

ays," he snapped, tearing his tie

top shut. He didn't see what was

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g but a silk robe, but I felt like I was clad

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" he growled. "Yo

nted to the door

ly," he said

erous. "I checked. Her parents are alive in New Jersey. She owes th

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time, the air between u

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hit me like a

w?" I wh

id, his voice suddenly defiant. "But she need

a harsh, jagged s

u... you don't need anyone, Katarina. You are pe

him with abs

r because his ego needed to be fed. He wanted to b

pathetic,

hone

reen, and his face

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by the door, there was a velvet b

he said over his shou

l

diamond bracelet. Expensive

trash can and dr

. But I was going to the

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moved slowly. 1

losed my fist around it. The

h? I was going to burn

this time, I was the