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Chapter 3
ing the whole thing through the open door, began to st
gry with him," he said
ncern. "Matthew, you're too good. H
... I remember his family. They helped me so mu
sincerity. "He saw my success. He saw how close we are... profe
ought every word. Her face hardened, her rage
the bodyguards hauled me back into the room. "
igner shoe tapping impatie
clared, her voice ringing with finality. "Only a brilliant
declaration of their aff
she ki
The pain was blinding, a white-hot agony that cons
mall, windowless spare room. The door was locked from the outside.
ribs screamed with every breath. The thought of my moth
. She was an older woman who had worked for the Chadwick family f
ood on the floor. Her
ng. Please. Help me. Call the police.
her face crumpled. Tears
h anguish. "My husband... his medical bills... Mrs. Chadw
yes begging for underst
the room, and the
law, decency, loyalty-it all meant nothing in the face of Nico
onventional methods were useless, I
I closed my eyes and focused on the guard outside my door. I remembered hi
fe, I used the curse for my
lent room, my voice sti
side get a sudden,
I heard a muffled groan from the hallway, t
door. It w
his post. It
t and keys on the dresser in the main hall where they'd been
for the front doo
ing. Her arm was linked through his
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