The Ex-Wife's Silent Vow

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red out the floor-

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n't help

that used to freeze her. But on Liam

he had built this entire lif

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did... he wo

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ring her voice. "He made a call th

eath. "He's going to dig

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or a few days. No gala

too late for that. H

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ll and stared at th

build her world on silence-but Damon Callahan

ike a man who'd just remembered what it was like to

what he'd done. What

ria never

l deeper th

about Liam, Elijah didn't

as cruel. But becau

me for silence

n -

tigator over the phone. "Photos, birth records, medical history-anything.

r trail with surgical precision. The birth was private. Records sealed. No name on t

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lightly in New York. A

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said quie

"Listen. I'm not here to threaten anyone.

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gies, Mr. Callahan. But yo

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son," he

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snapped. "My son. And

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he night you threw me

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