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Chapter 9

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NIKOLAI

The smoke from my cigarette rose up to the ceiling in lazy curls.

I sat back in my chair, one ankle crossed over my knee, cigarette pinched loosely between two fingers.

The office was really quiet.

Very much organized, very much under control and very much mine.

Just the way I wanted things to be.

Just the way I wanted her to be. Mine.

Today though it was not quiet enough to block out her voice.

“You came here because you thought your guilt was enough to make everything go away.”

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