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Chapter 8

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Arthur watched the cab speed away, his fists clenched, rage boiling inside him.

But he didn't know what to do with the terror rising in him, the sense that he was about to lose everything.

Until now, every time he'd lost his temper, I'd come back to hold him. No matter what he said, I'd followed him like a puppy. He couldn't get rid of me even if he tried.

In the mob, no one had taught him to apologize or ask forgiveness.

The only thing he could think of was my shattered ruby cross necklace.

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