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smell of expensive cigars and aged
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against the wall,
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how? Picking her up
nst glass. "The Vinson Group can't look like we kick people
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c of her sweater. Drug money. He t
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s tone shifting to reverence. "She's t
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ged
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the conversation
the stairs. Her heart wasn't racing anymore. It was
ed the door-using a chair wedged unde
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