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l suite. The room was dark, silent. The anticipation of Julian's ar
s. Her bare feet hit th
ice bounced off
er and hit two wine glasses. She paused. The rim of one glass bor
rints on the plush carpet to the walk-in closet. She pushed the half-open
ece of black lace lingerie lay there. Extremely rev
ic seemed to burn her fingers. Bile rushed up
ed Julian. Voicemail. The automat
signal sat stationary in the VIP garage,
h coat, wrapped it tight around her shiv
. She stared at the red numbers, twisting
ed silently through the rows of luxury cars. Her eyes caught a
windshield, under the weak overhead light, she saw two
her head back. Sierra Shaw. Julian's childhood friend. The
k, and deliberately turned her face toward the window, her gaze
burned her eyes. A sharp, hot pain cracke
ands trembled as she lifted her phon
. She shoved the phone into her pocket, spun around, and
her twenty percent of their company shares to him. "Tax evasion," he'd said. If she confronted him n
She swallowed the blood, the humiliation, the rag
ng harsh and ugly in the concrete shaft. She climbed blindl
e couldn't take another step. She pushed ope
d against the wall, wiping her face,
t in the hallway died. Abso
ed off. Heavy, rapid foot
reat to the stairwell, but a massive, b
mixed with the metallic ta
anked forward, dragged into a dark
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