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Xiāoshī
Mandarin for, To Vanish
“Are you all right?” Jin Starck asked Adrienne.
She nodded slowly.
Her hand went to her cheek, rubbing it to ease a little of the sting caused by her mother’s palm. Jill and Yuan now stood behind her, trying to give whatever comfort they could provide at that moment, both were throwing daggers at Kim and her mother with their eyes.
Jin turned to look at her mother, her father and her sister. He stood in front of Adrienne, as if to shield her against her own family.
The charming, mischievous and seemingly innocent aura that he usually possessed seemed to have evaporated instantly. Instead, her family faced a cold, murderous and scary man that even froze her mother in her place.
Jin pointed a finger to her mother and said, “You touch her again, and you will find yourself with a sorry-ass lawsuit! And I will file a complaint with the state medical board to make sure yo
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