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Chapter Twelve: Two Days

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Elizabeth

Jessica stood in the doorway, her perfectly manicured hand resting on the handle.

"What are you doing in here?"

"I was looking for Mr. Collen," I said, forcing my voice to stay calm when all I wanted was to strangle her. "He wasn’t answering his phone, and I need his signature on a few files."

Jessica’s eyes swept across the room, pausing on the desk, on the closed laptop, and finally on me.

"His signature?" she repeated. "And you thought you’d find it by standing at his desk?"

"I was
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