oors. Outside, a cold New Y

are. She walked straight into it, the icy dro

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h deep eyes watched the lone

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iver, Silas P

ured, he settled back agains

red around the corner, with

her own petty war. "Prepare the documents and the check,"

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ll waterproof pouch from her pocket. In

e map pointed to a

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suit walked in, his expensive s

and walked direc

ite but distant. "I am the Blair fa

her ice-blue eyes

it open. He pulled out a document and a thi

greement, and a check for one hundred thousand dollar

ed on the envelop

for you to start a new life," Mr. Davis

ut, but not for the envelope. She

the dense legal

m the table, and signed

ned document back

her quick compliance, he gestu

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ly seeming to fill the entire space, l

remember," she corrected h

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, didn't spare the check another g

kly, mouth slightly agape, looki

stopped, the city ai

giving the driver th