Beneath The Mask.

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stard! She to

stop now. She clutched the wad of stolen cash tighter, her breath

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weak. The doctors had made it clear-without the full payment, they wou

d what sh

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only to see three figures blocking her escape. One of them, a tower

a big mist

fear curled in her stomach. "I'll get you

rkly. "Oh, you'll pa

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ast him, slamming her elbow into his ribs, making him grunt. She didn't stop-co

s as she tore down the stre

the suffocating darkness. She didn't stop runn

d startled as Kara shoved the

ped, hands trembling. "Please.

y. A sympathetic look flickered across her face

he cost. Hospital policy states that we need at

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lurred with

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interrupted, a flicker of pity in

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ly to ask for help. Just Lina... and a ci

ustion, but she forced herself to

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