bed her things, preparing to disappea

said behind her, his

him. "Don't loo

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u're sharp. Intimidating,

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into step beside her. "Ma

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buzzed.

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thighs. She'd pulled up the original project proposal the one Mrs. Laura said came from "

ust a clean manila file with precise drafts and a sample stra

ages again, but this time

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mething she

got under her skin - it was the growing realizatio

fingers again

rp, and unsettling in all

e was also