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g her bag a little tighter as she walked down the polished corridor of Theo's building. She hadn't expected to be here this long. She was expecting him to send her somewhere else for

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ed again to reveal a woman dressed head to toe in cream and pearls, her silver hair pinn

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smile. "Sorry. It's b

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tell if it was a question or a test. "Just for

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first, grateful for the wave of warm air from the large glass doo

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gy for small talk and was really wondering why this woman was interested in

ed. "There's a lovely place arou

e of strategy in her tone. A

lowly. "Okay. S

like she'd won something. "I'

ped into the street, feeling the

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