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something h

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eering wheel, my

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forced a smile that d

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iam? What

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nd trembling as she

arely audible. "He' s having

to the side of the r

y voice even. "We' re ten minutes fr

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lled in

Chloe. Especially wh

seven years of

a pattern here

he cried, her voice rising. "L

er than I intended. "What about the life we' re

said, her gaze hard. "You'

ed the c

to go

and ran towards the street to

the same scene p

he called

. I slammed my fist o

a hollow sound

Liam' s illness, by Chloe'

sed to be the

against the seat, a bi

license could

ways