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CHAPTER 93
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2026-06-13 13:30:20Emma's POV
Grace Westbrook is smaller than I expected.I don't know why I expected large. Maybe because she takes up so much space in conversations about her. But she's slight and precise and dressed the way people dress when clothing is a form of communication, every choice deliberate, and she walks into the apartment and takes it in with one sweep of her eyes that misses nothing.She sees the dahlias.She sees Lily.She s
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