Stranger's Promise

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ing lines and shadow until she heard

, dressed in a dark jacket,

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. "The roads are clearing.

her arms. "N

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h a flashlight

fted slight

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uddenly felt ten times l

ed, drenched and wind-blown. She me

ly, brushing past h

aid a word all

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pped. "Pretend like

sharp. "Is that what

she said. "Even if it's b

er like she wa

stepped closer.

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, brushing a damp c

"Every part of me that feels any

gainst his chest, over the

afe," she said.

sed hi

issed

shed. It was

uised. Like a man drowni

his hands gripping her waist like she might van

led apart, his forehe

you forever,

oftly. "Then

she arrived at Bellmore Est

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