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Her confirmation plus the firm nodding of Andre's head was the last stroke for them all. Jennie slumped in the chair like a lifeless doll and Edward clenched his hands.
Old lady Mayfair was trembling and Collin was blaming himself for having been so blind. Luke was texting a doctor at the hospital to inform him about Ruth's whereabouts, plotting vengeance in his mind.
They could barely stare at each other for five long minutes, temporarily lost in their minds. It was ghostly quiet except for the ticking of the large clock on the wall in the living room, birds outside in the garden and a trimmer bringing down tree branches.
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