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I came across a quote in my quest to come to terms with the truth, and it calls to me now as I write you “fauise More powerful than any drug,than any sin They can demand a loyalty that will rip your heart out and chew it up without the thought of apology” ~ Liz Reinhardt

I’m sorry,

GG

Chills crept up her spine at the parting quote, but GG’s words did little more than confuse her All she did was confirrown to believe to be true She already suspected Lawson had been e unit If the contents inside were proof, then Kaden was right The only explanation was blackrandfather made his money off the expense of Ir else in the safety deposit box So piece to the puzzle to form a different picture

The knob of Abby’s door jiggled and twisted as the sound of metal-on-metal broke the silence

Herout of time

Abby shoved the letter inside her , then rushed to her closet to retrieve the others Flinging open the door, she shifted aside the bag of old clothes she placed over the box of evidence to obscure it froht and froze The lid was off The contents inside were shuffled instead of neatly placed as she had left them

Lifting the box, a cursory check told her nothing was , but as she turned around and scanned her room, she noted her dresser drawers askew The drawer to her desk was open, its contents spread out over the typically tidy surface

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It was probably just her mom, she told herself

When GG’s letter ca A perfectly reasonable explanation, so as her stoled in knots?

Soaze turned to the twisting knob

She had no time to think Only react

She raced to theand slid it open Pushing herself up with her ared to perch herself on the edge of the ith her feet dangling above the porch roof

She stared down at the yard, which looked farther away than she had ih”