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gets re-paved whenever Victoria decides it looks tired. For five years I lived in the atti

e path and r

a pink silk robe, her h

boots and my backpac

" She leaned on the frame. "Did your an

, Chloe. Mom's treatmen

hirty thousand dollars. You come to my door

d. I moved into his house. You s

putting it in writing. And the accounts are tight this quar

s were roaring. "

her's secretary, and she couldn't keep her hands to herself. You

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off

re married to a violent man who lives in the dirt. Has he hit you yet?

rm free and s

treated me better in a week than you have in five years.

back to me? You think a shack i

d, level. "Thirty thousand dollar

toria Sterling, walked into the foyer with a cup of

all thi

. "The thirty thousand for Mom's

d the kitchen. "Financial matters are betwee