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oked so serious when he
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graph, Jessica whispered, "Daddy,
interrupted
out here!" Mar
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lway, dressed beautifully,
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ever told me
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he ordered. "I want the names o
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lexander looked down at Jess
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ica received a phone call
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more. We met briefly at
stomach
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they knew who really took my necklace. They also s
heart bega
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give you
me to check the sec
the red dress and the suspicious
told the
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helping me,
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never tol
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and my family's past may be connecte
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me my father did
. "I'm telling you that I inte
sica returned to the wood
d letter her fathe
ding his final words felt too painful. But now she won
g fingers, sh
the ink had faded. Still, she
rest J
begun to surface. There are things I wanted to tell you,
ed breathing
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ckwood family blind
s began
everyone else accused her, and he was the first person
had warned her
h
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had been
rds remained
d the original ledger. It will
at the letter,
simply died and lef
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Blackwood's world, the an
her phon
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ter. Your father paid for his mistake
s blood
reply, another
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