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Chapter 17: Counting Days

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Rosalind stared at the message until the car started moving again.

*Ask Dahlia yourself.*

"Rosalind?" Her father glanced at her from the driver's seat. "You've gone quiet."

"I'm fine," she said, sliding the phone back into her pocket. "Just thinking."

She wasn't fine. Her mind raced the entire drive home, replaying every conversation she'd ever had with Dahlia, searching for anything that might have hinted at a connection to Roland Cross. Nothing fits cleanly. Dahlia had always spoken about the
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