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told

n her stomach

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rom me?" Alejandro asked, l

Elena lied, her hair s

u do it every tim

by the waist, and for a second

't feel anything

he co

ever

was stil

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know how to fill a

wasn't going to fall f

? I came to work, not

without another word. His

elves and a soft light falling from the ceiling. In the

jandro said, without e

picted a woman with a serene expression, dull green e

arkened by moisture. But the overal

ut not irreparable. I'll need at least

ndro

dio in the east wing

r to stay

directly. That look that had once dis

gotten what ha

he replied wit

silenc

e said. "Face

could say no. But something inside, somethin

for

with a half sm

luxurious than any hot

thtub. But all that mattered to her was

ds. Inside, among drawings and t

en it after

Because if I told you the truth, I'd stay. And if I

much that I lear

wasn't going to c

year

told her, in that clinic where the w

finds out?"

if you pus

words calculated to hurt. Sh

, the restor

of grime with a scalpel and mild solvents. And even though h

mes. With a coffee

ld her one day. "Focused.

ngs don't

other

idn't r

left. But that night, she dreamed

nced. Elena, crouching in front of the c

ber the night

ed at hi

u bringing

cause you screamed my name before you fainte

owered

er asked m

listene

omething y

lose. She could feel h

l me

bled. Insi

by you. By what I kne

s best to leave me bel

swal

s the only way f

n he ki

sion bottled up for years. It was

dn't s

e before. Like always. And for

broke apart. Pa

hange anything,

nges everything

, Elena di

returned. And in the mirror, she was

ad come for

ing for somethin