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Meridian Hotel, Ava wa

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father and Leo Kane

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started

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earpiece. "Ava, you need to get out

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leaned cl

are not. You are already part of my world. The mo

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p. "I would rather have

quietly. "You wil

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and ran dow

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rain had tu

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quietly. "But Le

lucky. What di

d spun. "My father ruined Leo's family.

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o stay close to him. He deserves the t

alone in the empty lo

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he had hea

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mself. "If you are out

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at in her room with the

d softly again

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hat connect

is my enemy, but he does not

and looked at her re

back was not just

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u want to keep workin

way to destroy my father is from the

his car outside the hotel, rai

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ful, clever, a

lt familiar, like a me

and whispered, "What are

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enemies were moving toward each other again, bound by