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handing me a fresh glass of

Michael."

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strange little smil

asked, her voice dripping with false

over me. The ballroom lig

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, disheveled, in a room

etup. But the ima

calls. My father's co

: "Senator Davis is shocked and deeply

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out my heart a

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