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Tears for, then why do I feel like I failed? I didn’t save anyone Seminary, all that debt, the last decade ofsoftly, he pressed his lips toaway my tears, he said, "You saved me Abby, I was so lost before you ca to get a piece ofof money, a means to an ends The models do it, the business partners do it, the patrons do--everyone sees me the same way I was sick of it I couldn’t stand it anymore I would have dropped a match on the place and walked away It was that bad, Abby But the day you showed up was the dayto do the right thing and having it come back and bite you on the ass And I can proh wasn’t for nothing You told h Abby, I’m that person You savedhis soul I wanted to hear the words, and silence his painful story at the sa within hi my interview Jack seemed cold, distant He wasn’t the boy I’d left behind all those years ago But slowly, as days turned into weeks, I saw that boy was still inside of hi I didn’t realize that I was the reason until thatmy lips to his, I kissed him softly, tears inhis hair in lanced at s I’d like to show you in my room"

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

When alked into the studio it was pitch black, but so to see as bothering hts on As he did so, we could see the files in the desk were dumped all over Chairs were turned on their sides, papers were everywhere The floor was covered in white paper, Galleria brochures, and a aze narrowed, surveying the dae before he said, "Stay here " He took off into the back I heard his footfalls disappear, leaving h the papers on the desk and the floor They were randos to dump out, and when I pulled open the drawers, they weren’t e He held the Tiffany’s boxes in his hands and threw them on the desk They landed with a thud

"Stolen?" I asked That jewelry orth a s from Tiffany’s was

He shook his head, "No That’s the proble was taken, Abby, and they did this so I wouldn’t be able to tell what it was" I looked around The place was such a mess that it would take hours, possibly days, before it was all put back so we could tell as gone

"Call the cops, Jack Tell them you have so his hands through his hair as he looked around, "Tell them what? That one of my employees waskey" Turning swiftly, he slammed his fist into the wall behind hiht to be perfect" He shook his head, "I’ to him, I stopped in front of hiht was perfect, Jack It was co a kiss to the top of ure out what they took And in the e every lock on this building, change every code, every co this to you"

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I called Kate and told her I was staying over Her response was typical Kate, "If you sleep with hiuys are just playing house, and not fucking each other’s brains out"

"Kate," I gasped, looking at the phone

"Abby, telllady"

I snorted into the phone, "Young lady? Are you insane? Fine I’ll tell you fast, but when Jack co up on you without another word Yes, I’ve been sleeping with hi soht after dinner and found out that so We don’t knohat yet" Kate started to groan, obviously stuck on the first thing I said I could hear Jack’s footfalls getting closer, "And Kate he proposed I said yes You are going to wear the most hideous brides butt bow, but I’ to make you wear a tiara on your head" I clicked END CALL and put the phone down right as Jack walked into the rooe s about?" he asked His ar to figure out as ht and I was totally useless with this task Only Jack would knoas le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>