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frame loomed over her. She stood
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disdain. "Must you alway
busy, what do you want
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want to mess with m
fear. You think you're a
ty, let Arden out. Using your influence to bully others, especially when
ge anything? I don't have time for this. T
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ll stood there, her eyes fixed on the car
ween her calm demeanor the other night and
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iar voice, "Isl
w are you holding up?" Her
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ed," Isla said. "Are they
mas, where I grew up. I moved here for work. But
your mom," Isla
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atter how many calls you m
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imed, relief w
Why haven't you been answering my calls
om. I haven't
, and now you're too busy for your mother?"
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Arden? Are
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pranking me, right?" she asked
orman's son. Pamela Norman, his mother has influence got me arrested, and
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I added, urgency creeping in. "They'
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