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Chapter 44: No changes

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Maya's POV

They stopped right in front of my seat, Carter's mother and the daughter-in-law she would have wanted.

I stood up, refusing to look up at her from a chair.

"You. I don't remember sending you an invitation," she said without even a polite hello.

"Hello, Mrs. Davis. Carter invited me," I said calmly.

She gave a cold, short laugh. "Carter. Listen, my son has been very generous where you're concerned lately, but I believe I made myself clear years ago. You were never to show your face in
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