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she had finished colleg

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the divorce-just walked out of the

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, bo

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red years old, stood silently like sentries, gua

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her a bolstering p

living room, done up in beig

ws let in plenty

pretending to read, slowly got to his feet, faced his o

cided to end your rebe

into her father's arm

ed her back in the sam

finish my speech. I had

ars. "You can still give me

aughter's face and shook his head.

hed across

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ed in the Cavanaugh household, the more he grew to d

d have taught that unfeeling, hear

iate amount of time-just to make sure she had truly gotten o

ong with every other Cavanaugh

to get a job w

orry,

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lised his eldest son was also in the roo

h, as the boss, I'm entitled to. I wouldn'

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o come work at the company. We c

at's a pleasa

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at the negotiating table, but still needed s

oungest daughter to eventually ta

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thoroughly broken, it was tim

our old room." Matthias took her by the hand and steered her towards t

Uncle

of the long-s

steel trap, he was more a membe

oceries. He knows how much you

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never misse

from the doorway. "I'll come and get yo

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for Darya's eyes to close before

iting for hi

, folded both han

the Cavanaughs. I don't want the

t and scanned it to refresh his memory. "We ca