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hone, loud enough to sound angry but not

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thing gr

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shoulder

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even ask i

sad she soun

he said, her voice firm now. "D

phone away and

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as cr

inside m

into a fist. The pain in my chest didn't

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melessly still pester

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thout hesitation, t

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, everything

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started, th

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close to me. "Is this how the star firefighter of th

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lightly on her waist, keeping her in place. Not

ckered up to

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wanted. Maybe she was thinking I was just do

wrong but

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her visibl

the

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am no prostitute. Don't cross the line.

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e demanded. "I

to have echoed throughout the entire hospital. A sha

to look to kno

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e at her even once. Instead

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