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wo men. She wasn't trying to stop them. She was looking arou

shoving a heavily intoxicated, unidentified man into the exact sam

a surgical blade, slicing the Lee family'

hroat. Her private doctor rushed forward, shoving

front of the lens in a pathetic attempt to block the light. The video sim

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ears and screamed, a raw, desperate sound. Her perfectly pin

s no wild joy of revenge in her eyes. There was only the

Kendal. It permanently severed the last

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hated himself. He hated that he had been so blind, so arrogant

a reporter out of his way and sprinted toward t

n slow down. He threw a brutal punch, his fist connecting with the

e shook the walls. He took the carpeted stair

sh of deep disgust crossed her eyes. She turn

of the ballroom were throw

ymous, heavily encrypted dossier of evidence earlier that evening, and the sudden vir

dal Lee! We've received credible evidence regarding your involvement in unlawfu

as they locked around Kendal's thin wrists. She thra

hter. Two female cops grabbed her arms and shoved her back without hesi

f the cameras turned

r was sweating through his shirt, screamin

rm in the country had been hijacked. The vid

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ht the flutter of a black dress disappearing ar

he name tore his throat apar

his heavy breathing and the slow hiss of