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was at the shooting range, where I

successful lawyer. What are you chasing now?"

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come down, but you didn't. T

a surge of anger

my grip tightening on the firearm. I stared

ter shot, without hesitation.

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up a gun from the table, the meta

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're way more dangerous than we thought," he said,

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warning in my tone,

curled in

wealth and influence. And yet,

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his coat's hidden pocket

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cuse me." I grabbed my bag and walked p

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would have given him a p

d the engine. The engine's roar

toward the other side of Alaska,

ting the crisp, salty air wash over me, try

tion and a subtle sense

ed the car at the top of a hill and st

'd moved here, I'd come

ashing against the rocks

t, as if it had lost its so

ight in the darkness. I leaned agains

justice, a flicker of warmth ignites within me. But then, the memory of you, the

anding on the worn photograph. "I've become ev

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left me alone in this world. Just like t

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. It's okay. If he doesn't, I will... I promise y

the pho

the bone. The sound of the crashing waves echoed t

wind whipping my hair, and

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