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black coffee, watching the second hand on the wall clock tick closer to the hour. On the o

in first, wearing her embroidered silk robe, a lit cigarette dangling between her fingers.

n she saw me. A smug, mocking sn

the bar last night, I thought you'd actually packed your bags. Guess you fi

"Told you, Mom.

ed the keys and the thick ledge

wned. "Wha

and the private funds I've been bleeding from my own inheritance to keep

open. "Are you out

r. "You don't dictate terms in my house! We took you off the street

. "In the 1%er world, a verbal breakup means nothing. Without a formal ruling, Be

elease. I'm cutting all ties wit

perature in the room by twenty degrees. Elias Morrow held th

Judith whispered, pan

hen. He had clearly spent the night at Farrah's place-his Cut

all this yelling a

on the table!" Brandi yelled. "She says s

his brows pulling into a furiou

he could open his mouth again, a truck horn blew

AS

hattering ceramic echoed

k was that?!"

rden fountain!"

ss out here right now!" Ruby's fu