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l hitting the wood echoed lik

the sound had physic

sly flipped through the

voice tight. "How would you like t

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lan," Harrison said flatly. "To e

d in a sha

er expensive silk skirt. Her fingernails dug so hard int

r facial musc

her eyes wide and brim

pping with disbelief. "Do you really have

ainst his skull. By the time I get that money I'

r thoughts felt like a p

He had to force his hands to stay flat on the table to ke

er chair back

looking as though the emotional we

o slow step

ested her hand gently

e whispered, a tear finally spilling over her

aint, familiar scent o

in his head. I researched his ex-girlfriend's fa

nausea hit Harr

oved her hand o

e. She stumbled backward in her heels, her arms

d and lunged for

k so lethal the lawyer froz

her chair. She collapsed into the s

ly, her shoulders hea

ed down at he

et a bruise, can I sue him for anoth

out a harsh,

head to the sw

rdered, his voice like cracking ice. "Put

ing stopped

ility was gone from her eyes, repla

reath. She wiped her wet chee

steady, laced with a tragic resolve. "If t

hadn't expected her

issed venomously, I am hiring someone to take

er tragic surrender and her vi

, twisted sense of amus

a structured settlement f

-faced woman was capable of. He wan

agonizing minutes for the machine to spit out the modified document. During that time, Harrison's dark eyes remained locked onto Iris. He watched the subtle twitch of her jaw,

ached acros

rinted addendum right ou

he paper and ripped it

earing paper m

document fluttering to the floor. He

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at her. He picked u

ture page of the origin

signature across the line, pressing so h

k of papers across the p

is voice devoid of any human emotio

ed at his

from smiling. She picked up a cheap plastic

ated expression, she s

alized," the lawyer

e adjusted the lapel

ance. He turned on his heel and

as she followed him

together. The doors slid shut, sealin

in the small spac

tared straight ahead at his own ref

g smirk crept

th her head bowed, lookin

a massive, deafenin

agne! I am ri

loud Harrison actually felt