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There was a paragraph about the twelve-year-old’s egging of Walter’s gate, exe that not only investors had been hurt by the Connelly scheme, but also their families and their children

The Aed to stay tuned and find out what other secrets would be exposed in the course of the investigation

Gabrielle wanted to throw up

LIAM WANTED TIME to himself He’d kissed his best friend Lies about his life were all over the news And his father was about to be indicted on charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his natural life

Lia what Gabi, with her worrying and X-ray vision when it caer, would do with that kiss undiscussed between the it

could have grown into a ain

And that was his worst nightmare

She closed the internet browser “The first thing we have to do is get your father to drop the trespassing charges,” she said, proceeding in a very calet his father to capitulate

“It’s a good plan,” he told her, settling his butt on the corner of his desk A couple of feet of heavy wood between theh to feel the heat co off her body

Or smell the scent of her skin

“You know my father well,” he told her, not displeased by that fact, either

“Co you deal with him,” she said She chuckled, but there was no mirth on her face Nor was there when she looked at him

“You’re good at sizing up your adversary and cutting to the quick,” he told her Because he didn’t want her to size him up and cut him off, he had to deal with this

Had to ht between them

“Then we have to figure out hoe’re going to handle your publicity, Liam Do you want me to make a formal statement? Do you want to stick with the ‘no comment at this time’ routine? How do you want me to play this?”