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talian leather shoes struck the hardwood f
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athing through his nose, his dark eyebro
a small, frail back covered in a hospital gown that was t
girl's fingers froze. She was hol
erked inward, a textbook
distance. She let h
. It hit the floor with
to her chest. She wrapped her thin arms aro
his receding hairline. "Her cognitive functions... the childhood t
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oved her thumb
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welled with thick, heavy tears. T
kward. Her spine hit the freezing p
snapped. The muscl
about the dirt on the rug. He bent down and c
s unnervingly smooth, b
Bryant's fingers hesitate
cond was all
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nged f
s lean waist like a vice. She b
ody went rigid. E
f his five-thousand-dollar bespoke suit
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of ash. The veins at his temp
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sistance. Her bot
pped like heavy stones, soaking right through the expe
ped through his shirt. Br
oed in his skull. Bring her back, Bryant.
jagged breath into his lungs, forcing
s. He opened his ey
e just grabbed her
lf-carrying her out the door like a
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