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Chapter 41

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By the time the car slid under the portico, the satin of the blue dress felt like armor she’d worn too long. The front door opened on cue; the house inhaled her like it always did—polite, uncurious, large enough to pretend it didn’t watch. Vince deposited her at the foot of the stairs with the same
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