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Søren’s laugh was empty and somber

"If I were omnipotent you would still be with th to stop you fro"

"You did," she said "But you loved me too much to use it"

"Perhaps I’ve always loved you too in Mary statue "Our iven up work on your book"

Nora tugged at her shirt cuffs

"Zach found out about what I do He killed the deal"

"Surely you can write without him"

"I’m not sure I can He made me see my book with new eyes I was just a smutty storyteller before him For a little while I felt like a real writer"

"Answer a question for in your ith ourHe offered me a job"

"You could have worked any number of jobs Why that one?"

"He said I’d ht it would give ive sley was merely a means to an end It was never meant to be the end"

Nora didn’t kno to answer that