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quietest room in the estate.
Dark walnut. Oxblood leather. One tall window facing old oaks.
Lorenzo closed the door himself and knelt again on the rug so he was eye level with Sophia.
“You’re safe here,” he said. “Nobody in this room is going to hurt you. Do you understand?”
Sophia nodded.
Then her face crumpled.
All at once.
The way a child’s face breaks continue reading …
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