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“What was his name?” asks Belle.
“Jim Garnet,” Rachel answers.  “At least, that’s what we knew him as.”
“We?’ asks Belle.
“My family,” Rachel says quietly.  She turns pale.
“Are you all right?” Belle asks.
“I-I don’t know.”
“Here, lie down on the couch,” Belle suggests.  “I’ll get you a drink.  I have a feeling you have a lot to tell [...]

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“Here are the first three chapters of my novel,” says Gavin.
“Thank you,” says Ashley.  “I was getting ready to hunt you down when I heard you had come back from wherever you were.  By the way, where were you?”
Gavin raises an eyebrow.  “Pardon?  I am way past the age of answering to anybody.”
“Well, if that’s [...]

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“Why didn’t you come?” asks Nicholas, as he enters Belle’s apartment.  “Oh,” he says, seeing Gavin, “I see.  Welcome back.  We were getting worried.”
“Really?” asks Gavin.  “Belle didn’t seem all that concerned to me.”
Belle rolls her eyes.  “I can’t afford to lose my head over everything.”  She turns to Nicholas.  “Sorry, but I had to [...]

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“Can you believe it, Mark?” says Ashley.  “I sang here as a favor to you, but it’s turned into my big break.”
“Congratulations, Ashley,” says Mark.  “I’m glad to have helped.  But, does that mean you won’t be singing here anymore?”
“Of course not.  It would be great to test the market by introducing new songs here.”
“And [...]

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“Why so grim?” asks Phillip.  “Clayton seems a nice guy.”
“I’m sure he is,” says Alex, grumpily.  “But he’s only with us because he lost the horse show.”
“Was it deliberate?  What was the alternative?”
“Hell, I don’t know,” growled Alex.  “If he had won, he could have taken Tara out for dinner.  I suppose he thought this [...]

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