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he said, his tone dangerously

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d into my skin w

, staining the white of my wed

s voice devoid of emotion. "You broke it. Not me. Y

eased

t against my chest as it thr

onto the col

monster," I

rected coldly. "And yo

alked away with

learn how to apologize," h

locking the heavy door behin

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at the ru

s face in the pictu

my pocket wit

given me on our first anniversary. I

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it onto

caught

love and forever cur

top of the sta

framed by the ligh

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tting an infection and dying before the g

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le sound. "You lied to me. You told me Marc

fr

g us to the Feds. Brennan executed him. I told you he left so you

old me you ordered the hit because you didn't want a

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ning lies, opening the first a

out the

the glass out