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fault we were

inner became a

doing everything right? Maybe

sed, dear. A woman' s anxie

hing. He' d just e

protect him, became a we

ne cornered me

ily. A real family. If you can' t prov

guely. "We' re trying, Dian

ut, dear. For you."

eave her alone." But hi

sniffed and

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ed by his mother, star

duce your hours at th

g a home. That'

make him happy, to m

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existent. He' d retreat

was immense. I felt

the late w

Sarah. Lots o

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said he was wo

t shake th

car and drove to

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, my heart

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ouette. Then a

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the quiet house

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private investigator. I' ve b

ame meant no

Isabella, for twenty years. She was lost durin

gled to proce

an ancestry database. Your foster mother, a

ways wondered a

howed a near-perfect match to

ve silver charm bracelet found with the

n kept it in her little je

went to

hispered. "

o meet you. They own Rossi Co

rk buildings across the Ea

ogical

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