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She glared at him in disbelief, and he knew then that he could not bear to look at that reproachful brown pair, so his eyes lowered to her mouth, now pale with grief. Dommie bit her lower lip to stop it from quivering, making it whiter still. Finally she let out a broken sigh, and the right corner of her mouth twitched as a single tear made its way down her cheek. Her teeth clenched in a tight grimace, and in a voice barely louder than silence she gasped out, “He loved you, you know.”

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