第65节

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    kadysledeversosetyrandther,ialsorriedruthsgrandsonfigurethato,shethought.

    allkadyhadahiseveryrequest,butshehtened.butsothingelseabouthisragedeherheartbeathought,thentoldherselfthatulous.

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    tterheousyourstory.”

    stunned,kadyjustsatthere.hean,soinloveohathethoughteveryoneelseethiherthere.heetiitostnightsofherlifean.

    he,sheotheasintheoo,wasa

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    surreptitiouslypickupoheknives,,andthro.

    idair.

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    egyptiann,”sheosayinahoarsee.anditsao

    openthedooraheoffice.

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    edinher.

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