Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (47 page)

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a
d
she
not
b
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gg
e
d
Rory
t
o
go
a
w
a
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w
it
h
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r
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nd
s
ta
rt
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s
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F
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t
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She
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d
w
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l
b
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t
he
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rr
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of
t
h
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m
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lea
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.
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h
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d no
c
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e
sp
ecia
ll
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w
it
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.
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h,
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had
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h
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t
t
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p
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on
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nse
of
hon
o
r?
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ona
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c
ou
l
d
not
f
ac
e
h
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m
.

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b
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k
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h
d
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e
m
em
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r
how
t
he
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b
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ros
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,
but
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n
hon
e
s
t
y
wh
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n
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a
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w
li
f
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,
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e
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k
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w
a
sn’t
surpr
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d
t
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r
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e
r
s
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t
h
a
t
Rory
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nt
h
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r
t
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d
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r
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ss
a
g
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,
a
m
e
ss
a
ge
on
l
y
Ro
r
y
wou
l
d
h
a
ve
known
t
o
s
e
nd.

T
he
hurt
of
h
i
s
b
et
r
a
y
a
l
s
t
ung
d
ee
p,
but
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n
h
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r
m
i
nd,
s
he
h
a
d
littl
e
c
ho
ice
.
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ee
d
e
d
t
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v
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,
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m
me
d
ia
t
e
l
y
…
w
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t
ho
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t
d
el
a
y
…
for
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
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’s
s
a
k
e
.
She
r
ea
son
e
d
she
w
ou
l
d  s
ta
rt
h
e
r
n
e
w
li
fe
a
w
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y
from
al
l
t
he
d
a
ng
e
r,
b
et
r
a
y
a
l
,
a
nd
lie
s.
S
he
w
ou
l
d
h
a
ve
h
e
r
c
h
il
d.  If
Ro
r
y
c
hose
t
o
fo
ll
ow,
she
wou
l
d
forg
i
ve
h
i
m
.
For
no
m
a
t
te
r
h
i
s
acti
ons,
no
m
a
tte
r
t
he words
u
tte
r
e
d
a
bout
h
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m
,
she
r
e
fus
e
d
t
o
b
elie
ve he
m
ea
n
t
h
e
r
or
h
i
s
o
wn
c
h
il
d
h
a
r
m
.
S
he
l
ov
e
d
h
i
m
.
D
i
dn’t
sh
e
?
She
h
a
d
g
i
v
e
n
h
e
rs
el
f
t
o
h
i
m
s
o
fr
ee
l
y
a
nd
now
t
h
e
y
h
a
d
a
c
h
il
d s
e
t
t
o
c
o
m
e
i
n
t
o
t
h
i
s
w
or
l
d.

She
shook
h
e
r
h
ea
d.
S
he
n
ee
d
e
d
t
o
i
gnore
t
he
doub
t
s
s
w
elli
ng
i
n
h
e
r.
It
w
a
s
t
oo
lat
e
t
o
do
a
n
y
t
h
i
ng o
t
h
e
r
t
h
a
n
t
o
m
e
e
t
w
it
h
M
a
d
e
m
o
i
s
el
l
e
Fon
tai
ne
a
s
p
la
nn
e
d.
Soon
s
he wou
l
d
be
on
bo
a
rd
s
h
i
p
t
o
Fr
a
n
ce
.
Wit
h
a
n
y
l
u
c
k,
she
wou
l
d
be
s
ettle
d
i
n
t
o
t
he
c
h
atea
u w
el
l
b
e
fore
t
he
b
i
r
t
h
of
h
e
r
c
h
il
d
i
n
S
e
p
t
e
m
b
e
r.
She
s
i
gh
e
d
h
ea
v
i
l
y
a
nd
pu
lle
d
h
e
r
hood ov
e
r
h
e
r
h
ea
d.