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016| A ghost in my Home

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~MATT~

I finally got home.

I turned off the engine, and the dashboard lights faded.

I loosened my tie with a rough tug as I stepped out of the car, my head was starting to ache.

I hadn't said a single word since we left the hotel ballroom. Olivia had clearly noticed my silence, but she didn't stop talking.

"Matt, you really should have seen the way everyone looked at my jewelry tonight," Olivia said happily as she walked into the house ahead of me.

I walked past her toward the small bar in the
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