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Chapter 20 - Suspects

작가: Michele Dixon
last update 게시일: 2022-11-24 17:06:07

Hayden had been sitting next to Natalia for over two hours. Doctors and nurses came and went, but he didn't move. He was not leaving her, no matter what. As he sat there looking at her damaged body, the rage in him was building. He turned when he heard a knock on the door, expecting it to be medical personnel, but it was a detective who he was familiar with.

Detective Dennis Barber had been with the NYPD for twelve years. He was known for being thorough on cases when others thought there was
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