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l chandelier that cost more than Gloria's life

sat at

th suspicious enthusiasm, occasionally glancing at

chair wa

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out of the shado

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room. He said he is no

ry. He was a teenager.

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d his fork. "I

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knoc

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f a large monitor. Jones was sitting in a gaming cha

al vision and pulled the he

pped. "I said

d Gustavo fo

a family dinner. You

owled. "

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e Witch. He remembere

ones," Gustavo

. He looked at

push it. She wante

him a hug,

if she had slapp

was an agent of chaos. He

is sticky arms ar

inched v

nds hovered in the air, tre

t wasn't just annoyance.

just ignored him. She must have hit him. Or allowed him

nd acrid, floo

pushed t

enough," she

led Gustavo off gently.

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ng hard. He adjusted his shirt,

, softening her voice to a whispe

a glimmer of genuine regret

wly. "Fine. I