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against the tufted leather
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flipped a custom clay po
soft, rhythmic
tossed his hand of card
hrough the low hum of the saxophone
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swirling a heavy crystal glass of
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in his face to remai
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domestic nightmares on
opped into the armchai
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e room sudden
th locked their eye
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his own glass
ting the burn of the a
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in Ansel's
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ned in
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est ti
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ence. A pressure va
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otional hand-holding. That is the rar
VIP room swung open. Bryan Roth stood in the doorway, a sneer alre
ng at your trust fund, Ansel. Throw eno
led into a tight fi
es turned
and smash the glass into Bryan'
ts, drilled into him sin
now would pr
prove he
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act
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her a nice recommendation letter fo
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s together, celebrating the
elashes as the laugh
is phone resting fa
e from thirty minutes ago,
rp ache twist
and flipped it face-d
o shut off
heavy mahogany door w
yellow light from the hall
ly still on the hallway carpet, El
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