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expensive perfume and another man,

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bled down on her kind

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rah, trying t

aint, unreadable expression on he

found Sarah going th

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at are y

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her voice smooth. "Jessica men

then closed it and put it back

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his pride and

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s. His father had left

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a boutique. Her only "debts" were

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mother when Jessic

for my business, my future, and you said no

alm. "Jessica was in trouble

e. "Mom, what is wrong with

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