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kitchen. Doris was still wringing h
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an armory in Anderson. You think th
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Chapter Nine Nathan ERIC RETURNED Q
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“I’ve gotta get Zoe out of here
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head. Barb located a plastic grocer
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all he does is yell at me and the k
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Chapter Ten Nathan “THAT’S YOU,
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“I’ll go,” he said. He pushed
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“Look at them. They can’t climb
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Chapter Eleven Scarlet THE HOUSES S
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happened to take someone down just
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Chapter Twelve Nathan LESS THAN HAL
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downstairs in the basement. Walter
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“You can be the lookout,” Bryce
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She would raise the remote in her h
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quickly picked it up, making sure I
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life flooded my thoughts as well. M
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disturbing, and a flood of emotions
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“Miss Joy made breakfast.” I le
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Miranda MY EYELIDS WERE HEAVY , EVE
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“Miranda” Cooper said. “Shut
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Chapter Fifteen Nathan JOY SLOWLY K
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I aimed at nothing in reaction. “
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Bryce walked around us with his eye
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had been in a long time, or maybe i
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it, and there were two lots between
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although the other two could defini
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The home was at the end of a dead-e
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“You’re so romantic,” I said,
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moaned like a grandmother complaini
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He nodded and his mouth pulled to t
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Chapter Seventeen Nathan “GOOD MO
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Volkswagen, discussing their next m
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When we reached the bedroom, the ki
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Chapter Eighteen Scarlet THE MOTHS
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We kept shooting until they’d all
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“She should come back in,” I sa
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their unborn baby. I hadn’t had m
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Chapter Nineteen Miranda I’D IMAG
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walking alongside them. “Dana lik
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Scarlet cast a curious glance in my
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“I used to watch those preparatio
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“I like you, too,” Zoe replied.
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I reached out and grabbed her hand,
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that we normally discussed. Somehow
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lood out of this carpet,” Scarlet
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Chapter Twenty-One Miranda ELLENY F
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another hot one.” “Triple digit
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never ask you to do that. It’s no
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Cooper spit out the bite of sandwic
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ground. Nathan looked up at me, and
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missed deodorant. Joey lifted the G
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Nathan came out and stood beside he
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“I can’t,” I said, wriggling
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Chapter Twenty-Three Nathan BY LATE
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His fingers dug into my back, and I
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Cooper yelled again. “Zoe! Behind
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Chapter Twenty-Four Miranda WE GATH
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“Zoe seems okay. It’s kind of w
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Miranda stood at the doorway. “I
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Chapter Twenty-Five Miranda AFTER T
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“As much as I have. The way you g
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“Wow, I’m sorry,” he whispere
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“Are you sure Did you look for hi
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est thing I could do for my daughte
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“Ssh ssh,” I said, hugging them
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Epilogue Scarlet JENNA WAS FOCUSED
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est of the way when I saw the cloud
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voice. “I don’t know.” Six da
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e dark soon, and we’re running lo
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Want more Jamie McGuire Read the in
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Acknowledgments WRITING IS OFTEN A
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