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w, staring at the beautiful gardens below

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ped inside with

mornin

lbert replied. "Please ask Au

away,

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lked in, still wearing the sam

led awk

morn

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jewelry, she carried a quiet bea

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now everythi

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p Kylee because

folded

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lenched

tand why she would do

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know things woul

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about y

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mother left him when

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our mother? H

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ble to visit her

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stood a

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stairs, countless tho

ad betr

ed she was o

really telli

room and slamme

had loved Kylee wit

out a word, leaving him

't unders

on, Albert returne

ion was as

o meet yo

s eyes

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stepped

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iscover you've

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d toward

the hospital t

closed be

he bed, tears stre

Albert Jones as cold, c

ars, she silently prayed

rything that

ning to belie