Broken Vows And Paris Lights: My New Beginning

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undeniably kind. "Bennett has been acting strange.

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into a sharp, territorial smirk. She didn't step

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ention back to Aria. "We have a doctor's a

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state. I had to go. Appearances had to be

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was my grandmother's emerald pendant. The one

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gone. The sadness was gone. Th

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panic in his eyes. "Ar

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him. The man I loved was dead. Thi

, past the whispering guests

in my pocket.

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