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up, weighing i

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ted the

agonizing months perfecting. It saturated the paper instantly, bleeding across t

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the sound brittle and sharp. "O

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lver money clip. He didn't hand it to me. Instead, he to

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m. I wanted to claw his eyes out. But

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lint and utterly devoid of warmth. "We had fun. Now it's t

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him launder money through complex construct

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ransaction. A severance p

were sticky with wi

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forward, her ha

ait. I tur

e-stained finger. The doors closed just as I saw Etha

rl who used to smile and ask about my day, averted his gaz

ad opened up. The

umbrella. I did

th the tears on my face. I felt like I was being era

s, the woman who kept their darkest secret

ozen. Of course. Henderson hadn't processe

ars in my pocket