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The voices in the kitchen started up again, quieter now, more urgent and muffled.
She pressed her ear close to the gap and listened intently.
“She won’t give us anything,” Ms. Sterling hissed venomously. “She’s greedy and selfish.”
“Mom, don’t say that. She’s just cautious with money,” Darius muttered weakly.
“Cautious.”
She snorted with contempt.
“She has continue reading …
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