ption area. Finley had disappeared with

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changed his shirt. He was walking with a slight limp, bu

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ive you,

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a driver

down in silence-a diffe

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suit jacket.

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been parked for

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reached into the footwell and

ded it

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i. I take care o

the warmth of the pastry box in

r again and drove the two

ked at the man who had terrified her, trappe

, which Finley had set up.

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ed the screenshot. She didn't nee

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tract,"

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me. The fi

at her. "A

tic building she lived in. She looked at the man who had walked u

rimes," she said. "

ve it," Ez

want to design. For rea

ay lock of hair behind her ear. H

e, Hali. You have a vision. I've see

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ask returning. "I'll se

he sidewalk and watched the taillights

asted like victory. And maybe, ju

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