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thin hospital blanket
he title on the first page caught my attention immediately. It was a deed of g
asured the depth of his guil
for the... accident," Eth
*. It wasn't an apology. It was a warning. He
ghter bubbled up in my
ripped them into a hundred pieces, and thrown them right into his arro
rora died in t
my pale, tre
anc pen resting beside the f
ightened. He had clearly braced himself for
I flipped straight to the f
cond of hesitation,
n tip against the thick paper echoed loudlthe signed file back toward him. My movem
looked like a man who had just thrown a heavy punc
any sign of grievance, anger, or sorrow. He
uickly, his face returnin
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his heel an
shut, the submissive, quie
d pulled out my phone. I ope
ed and attached it to a new message. I typed in the address of a
yped. *All cash. Must be routed through
t se
replied, expressing shock at the massive disco
e banking app. The balan
very soon, this account would hold the first p
. The IV needle was tape
tic tube and rippe
led over my pale skin. I didn't
gainst the wound and walk
red SUVs was slowly pulling out of the h
ty traffic. I tossed the bloody cott
licking of stiletto heels ec
hoved open violently. It
pped in a luxurious designer tr
gleaming with malice. "I h
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