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Liauilty” He spun away fro the cement with the force of his brake “Thebut hard work, acurity, and then throws it all away?” He shook his head

And for a second there, he ree kid who’d just had his car keys stripped from him

He started toward the parking lot and his car Pushing off to catch up with him, Gabrielle said, “That’s just it, Liam It’s too clear Too clean It doesn’t make sense”

He slowed down and she alrab his shoulders to steady herself Even with gloves on her hands, she could feel his warmth

Or thought she could Which was crazy

Even crazier, for a second there she’d wanted to lean up against him, lay her head on his back and justfeel him

“It’s like he’s being set up,” she said, quickly snatching her hands back before he noticed her weird reaction

Lia into him or her words

Glancing across several yards of parking lot, she looked to see as holding his attention and started to shake His pristine, shiny black BMW was covered ords written in a white substance,Except the words definitely were not ishes

Son of a thief

Ill-gotten gains

Better off dead

There were at least six phrases Repeated more than once

“Liam? How could someone knoere here?” But it was obvious they’d been followed

He didn’t say a word Just unlaced his skates, slipped out of them and pulled out his cell phone