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ly in a beige tailored pantsuit. Simple. P

a black Lincoln Naviga

atched New York blur past the tint

ough the wrought-iron gates of th

lined with Persian rugs and old oil pa

t, filled with exotic plants

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trouser pockets. A cruel

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at him, her gaze