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Twenty two
**The Marriage Clause**
(Chapter Twenty-two)
Part Two
‘Are you out of your mind Marcus??'.Elizabeth snapped as she turned around sharply to face him, not only was he stuck up in his invisible bubble of dignity but he was also acting stupid.Here he was thinking he would turn himself in just because another dead body was found on his ranch,he had a daughter and that wasn't even his priority which annoyed the living hell out of her.
‘It's another body,they're going to arrest me anyways so I'd rather turn myself—'.
‘That is not how the f**king law works Sheldon! no one is going to arrest you when there's no residue of your DNA on the body anywhere,you have an alibi which is me and this guy clearly hung himself......what is your thinking faculty anyway?!'.She snarled loudly and he opened his mouth to object when sheriff Yates suddenly arrived with his group of men to help with the d
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