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she? Maybe it's time she

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. I had hired someone years ago to erase certain parts of my past-things I

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stuck in the parking lot, stuck on Daniel's expression when

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ing off the engine. She sighed and

tter laugh. "D

on't have to go back inside ton

I need to face this.

break. Whatever Daniel has done, he needs to know you'

. Stronger? Maybe. Bu

a smile. "Thanks,

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el's

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, a notificat

dden number appeared.

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the number

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had tried

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spine. It had been years since I last heard it, yet the smoo

. Did you think you coul

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. After all, you're the one whose perfect li

my phone. Whoever sent that message knew exa

coldly. "If you have so

l get to the point. Sophie knows something now, but not

od ran

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ious, but instead, all

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ng the truth about

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dialed the one person

n the first ring

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hesitate. "Tell

find out everything about Danie

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ounge on the outskirts of the city. It was a place I used

ie would nev

m immediately. Sitting at a corne

niel

you. Still the golden boy on the ou

cold. "Cut the crap, Nate. Why n

d, some secrets don't stay buried. And you, Dan

fists under the table

what I want. It's about what happens next. S

mach t

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fading. "You should have told her th

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