as on her way to he

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promise me that yo

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hed and

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he house, a flicker of

and shut the door, memories

lease," s

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was no way ou

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d, and she didn't have the key. So sh

come here!" he slurred

s about to grab her keys and

you're sm

her scalp, feeling as if he was

t and dragged he

rabbed a knife fro

o the bed and pul

you!" she warned, pointing the

op. He kept

hand was covered in blood.

ck before he finally co

she crawled

in tears. "Can you h

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driver has been knocking for a

m coming

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ha. I'm here to pick you

y smiled

r. She looked up, gave Luthe

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mfortable, but the color was a pain in Mia's neck. She hated bright colors; they irked her sou

xt to the window whil

cked and

, they went to prepare dinner-spagh

king while Ralph ha

seem like she had been cooking for yea

IQ. Anything she put her hear

the little discussions Ralph initiated. Soon, the

itchen door. Mia tried not to look suspicious as she s

ped out, she bumped

with his hard chest, making her nearly fa

onds, they

which Mia had to fight th

e he to

lling over rather than havi

im, and her mind s

reath and got bac

getic bow, inwardly vowing to ki

rry, Mr

nocent for her outl

her it was okay, but he reme

t be so lucky," he said

. But you do." Mia

th Ralph, who was sti

-

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way to start

me down for dinner-he real

. He quickly plated the food, about to take a

d the kitchen's

to the feed and watched

discussion, not wanting to

ard something t

the same day. They were ki

was cold,

mething like that wi

es always carried t

s hearing it. It reminde

her's lifeless eyes staring at him.

ad, pushing the

urned misty. He blinked a

ost his

embered Mia had

to taste

ly exquisite, b

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aring out the closed w

s to get deeper into the

first, she had to survey the interior and hav

was j

interrupted by h

From the last two digits

things went wrong and she got caught, she

eard after picking up

st call to let us kn

Grandma. I

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p acting

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u, Mia?" Lu

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your fi

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that conc

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you're

to bribe me

be told-you'r

, and Luther

ep you posted. For now, I nee

night. Tak

ood night,

ate

andma," she chuckle

e still had that

couldn't let a

ncertain. But