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lity allowed, elbows on his knees, exposing the lean, scarred muscl

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. The timestamp was three months ago. There were receipts from a pharmacy

at log between Ken

an't do it anymore. It's dist

s from her time interning in the team archives. We need to discredit her

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tt said, his voice void of emo

urning through the shock. "And y

g. If I had intervened sooner, they would have just found

g. My reputation is gone. My family will disow

ett said again.

get out of this? You just took a

use. I can't access the principal until I marry. I need that money to rebuild, t

ange sense of relief. I could understand busines

t know it was a lie then. "I get my money.

he word ta

d. "Let's go

ests. Just Silas standing witness outside

or the rings, I realiz

ocket. He pulled out a sim

ur hand," h

e slid the ring onto my finger. It

ietly. "It's the only thing in tha

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, take you,

tamped the

he clerk droned, bor

hand for a second longer than necessar

ting his grip on his wheel