to the smell o

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his coffee?

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he said to the c

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onto the table. Toa

ooked at Addie. She was wearing jeans an

d, cutting his toast with surgical precision. "I don't w

on a rag. She leaned

aid. "I want him to know that mone

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to protect my family. That's not greed, Mr. Bartlett. T

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. He didn't jump ba

just inches before it hit his leg. Milk sloshed over his hand

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said. His voice wasn't

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zed he had broken character. He clea

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said. "Try not to burn the a

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