Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (237 page)

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to
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now?”

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breat
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.
“
The
C
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the
t
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nor
the
peopl
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.
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people
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,
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te
.
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ha
t
wer
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y
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thin
k
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g there, bro? The
people here could
n
’t care
l
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s
s
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bout a
ny
one
but
them
s
elv
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s.
Y
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new
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or
d
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w
a
s
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’t
happy
her
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. T
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’
s
w
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y
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bugged
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hell
out
of
m
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.
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k
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w
.
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new
she
w
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m
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s
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a
bl
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.
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w
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t
ed
me
t
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come
here
t
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a
ke
care
of
he
r
.
”