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guard, who barely glanced at

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kid about Ethan's age,

a set o

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" she said, smiling. "And this." She gave

ing Jessica. "You're

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them, the crowd

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ly, but there was no gr

on't be so dramat

ey, Mike, bad timing, man

s voice rising. "A hit-and-run. W

ou dare ruin Brandon's night, Mich

he'd never known. "Our son is lying in

eatening because Kevin

down,

ad thinned, Michael found himself in Kevin

wed by Kevin. She look

about Ethan," she b

stared

the adjoining room, the door slightly

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