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ilk gown and stepped into the grand b
he smell of expensive pe
e blinding flashes of their cameras suddenly shifted. The lenses bypass
rop from her face. Her facial
ay of champagne. She reached out, desperate fo
crystal stem, the waiter abruptly
w, Carolee, standing a few feet away. Carolee lowered
gh the string quartet playing in the corner. "Some people only survive by sucki
that the skin nearly broke. Her lungs felt
inna barely knew, stepped into her pa
d. "Where is Holland tonight? It
forced the words past the lump in h
out a soft giggle. She reached into
ed the screen and held
the bright screen.
and was walking into a luxury Manhattan penthouse. Hi
IR SECURES $50 MILLION LOVE
ike physical blo
hrough the people standing around her. The invisible wal
. She practically ran down the hallway and pushe
. She turned on the cold water and splas
oman staring back at her looked pa
n her cheek. She wiped
d her phone from her clutch.
ing straight to his col
one away, a second phone vi
e special ringtone made her
ered it
ce was thick with panic and crying. "Jaycob collap
op out from under Corinna. A wa
She dropped the phone ba
not stop at the coat check. The brutal New York winter wind s
rough her thin dre
He looked at her, then looked away, deliberately ign
n to the street corner and threw
ing frame with a wary, tired expression. "Look, lady, my shift is over. I'm heading back to the Bronx, and you
grabbed the heavy diamond earring Holla
nked i
r flesh. A sharp pain shot through hugh the open window. It la
ai Hospital," she said
diamond, swallowed hard
he city blurred past the window. She stared at the
down her neck, staining the
oom. The harsh smell of bleach and rubbing alcohol
felt li
ting area. She shoved a piece
the bottom for the experimental thera
out of the double doors. H
ount by tonight, we have to move him out of
window of the ICU. She loo
hines. Tubes ran down his th
mouth to trap the sob trying t
opened the browser. The gos
hat was exactly ten times the amount she
dity of it made
etic. It mocked the three years she had spent sw
rust fund manage
on next month's all
said in a bored tone. "That violates
ne wen
wrapped her arms around herself. She finally understood th
n lit up. A tex
ment. Do not come back to the estate u
rds. She did not type a
he corner. She slid a crumpled dollar bill
aper cup filled with dar
cidic taste burned its way down her thr
rash can. The weakness in her eyes vanished,
o the ICU door. S
ight," Corinna said. Her
walked into the
e number she kept pinned at the top of her contac
l and held the
e a silent promise to herself. This would be the absolu

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