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MIRELAGetting ready for what the day would bring was my next order of business. When I was a few miles away from the front door, the cook stepped outside to light a cigarette and saw me. He gasped and put the lighter back in his pocket.“Smoke all you want; I don’t judge. Just don’t do it in front of the house. We don’t want the first thing people smell when they walk in here to be cigarettes, do we?”“No, ma’am,” he said and slid the cigarette into his pocket as I walked past him. I placed my shoes under my arm and opened the front door with my free hand.“You walked home?” he asked, locking the door behind him. I turned and watched him nervously smooth his trousers.“Yes, and my feet hurt. I’ll need a hot bath. Don’t bother to cook lunch; I’ll be in the hospital with Arlene later.”His face instantly brightened when I mentioned her name. “We heard about the hospital. How is she doing?”“Word travels fast, doesn’t it?” I replied and studied him for a moment before turning around. “S

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MIRELA“Don’t try to play the emotional card, Mirela. If you think someone is out for you, then let’s take it to the police.”“What?” I blurted and shook my head. “You want to walk into the chief of police’s office and tell him someone is spreading mindless gossip? I’m sure he can find a much better way to waste his time.”“I think he’d be interested in the information I have to give him, so I might just do it. And if it’s mindless gossip, we can investigate and catch whoever’s behind it. A win-win situation, if you ask me,” he said, smirking.“If you want to disturb him with random texts that anyone could come up with in the middle of the day and send with malicious intent, be my guest, Louis. But don’t waste my time too.”I started walking past him, back to the bathroom to get ready, but he reached for my hand and pulled me toward himself.“You really are the devil, Mirela,” he said, his eyes darkened with anger and his tone sterner than I had ever heard it. “How do you do all these

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ARLENE“Hi,” I heard Liam whisper softly, and opened my eyes. I had fallen asleep, and for the first time in a long while, I felt completely relaxed.“Hi. Where’s everybody?” I asked, looking around.The room was empty, and the machines whirred quietly. “Matilda and Olivia are in the waiting area. When we came, you were asleep, and they didn’t want to disturb you.”“How long have I been out?” I asked and tried to sit up, but he stopped me.“You need to rest. You can’t sit up yet. You’ve been out for a couple of hours, but that’s actually great,” he replied, and I nodded.“The babies… how’re they?” I inquired, glancing in their direction.“Asleep and doing pretty well,” he said, breaking into a smile. “They’re so beautiful,” he added, and I smiled.“Where’s Cole?” I asked, and he frowned.“Don’t be like that. I don’t like him much either, but he helped me get here safely and stayed throughout everything. I hate to admit it, but I owe him.”“I’m sorry I couldn’t be here with you,” he sa

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MIRELAGetting Louis out of the house and somewhere in a ditch—or wherever artists wind up dead—was the easy part. Finding out who gave him all that information was the real challenge. If he had dug up all that about me, then someone had been keeping tabs.“Interesting,” I murmured, staring at my reflection in the mirror. My thoughts shifted to Arlene. She would be the ideal suspect, but between getting the pieces ready for the auction and going to the hospital… where could she have found the time to do a background check? I added, arching my eyebrows at the sound of the door opening in the distance.I reached for a pair of scissors and slipped out of my robe, clutching it in one hand.“Louis! If you’re back for another round, I swear on everything I hold dear, I don’t care what you have to say, and I won’t hesitate to defend myself if—”I stopped as the door closed and Daisy walked into the hallway.“Mom? What are you doing with scissors, and what happened to Louis?”“Daisy,” I said,

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