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t from the doorway. "Br

phone screen. Her hands were

lowering. "He said he will be staying at the penthouse in t

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private cemetery where her mother was buried. The wind

rang. It

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saw

in New York." Vera's voice was high with indignation. "And the press is already

llyn finished. "

a victim. That she only left because she was heartbroken over... th

headstone. Three years. Three years of trying to be the perfect wife, of erasin

ime, the caller ID made her te

mother's voice was a screech. "Your fath

Ellyn said, fatigue seeping

estate and scream about how the Burnetts trea

d the funds-Hardy's money-to the black hole that was the Pennin

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ted the market. Our offer stands. We are

designs, her vision, built in the shadows while s

't reply

hanging on the door of her dressing room. A note

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t wasn't a gift. It was a uniform. She looked in the m