A Family's Fierce Protection

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. "You humiliated me!

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of time at Alex' s place, a place Mic

sified, a terr

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eered, but there was a flicker of unce

tor," Sarah manage

nally rushed in. "Je

s faking!" Jessi insisted,

ed up, her

the words barely audible. "You

t, except for Sarah

se, squeezing the

a frantic studio intern who witnessed Je

e saw her on the floor, h

neeling, his hand instin

tight with panic, already pulling out