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41– Not As Locked In

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Rose did not go home.

She drove around for a while, not even paying attention to where she was going until she found herself pulling into a place she had been before.

Jack’s office.

Of course.

Her lips pressed together as she stared up at the building through her windshield.

Lena.

Lena, Lena, Lena.

It was always Lena.

Julian couldn’t stay away from her. Jack hovered around her like a damn shadow. And somehow… somehow… she kept pretending, acting like she wanted nothing to do with any of it.

Ros
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