er in Liam Walker's

thrumming through Ava Haye

e y

e years since th

his fami

er life e

r this anniversa

her ca

ht dreams, now carried trays of canapé

to serve

d Chloe

ant, a perfect ech

s around Chlo

at made Chloe laugh, a bright, carefr

face pale, a polite, e

tray of mini

r eyes flicking over Ava with

his glass

cutting when directed at Ava

said, his eyes finding

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rect

almost dropp

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DUI, vehicula

penitentiary, their suffering o

led but h

own apartment on the edge

ge. A const

gne flute, "accidentally" kn

afe Ava was also holding s

biting bac

as sharp,

n't look

d to Chl

ing?" he asked, his vo

"My dress. And I think

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one of his se

e she's p

opped, a col

done with

mind r

shb

go, his eyes

eams of a resta

en Retriever, a f

h of tires, the

faces, whit

with a grief so vast

nd Susan. His little

rest. The trial

ensuring their prison

letter, s

ind a reason to live. If, after five years, y

ve-yea

ys from

eliberate cho

king resemblance to

Liam h

another weapon, anothe

he cheap fabric of her uniform

ears were

nts' wor

more

her mind, its edges worn fro

, a grim acceptance

erhaps Liam's, could