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Instead, I found bruises blooming across her ribs, purple fingerprints on her arms, and healing marks along her back.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My breath left me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWho did this to you?\u201d I whispered.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Her tears spilled silently. \u201cYour mother and your brother forced me to sign everything over.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The room turned cold.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Outside the window, Mother\u2019s voice floated from the garden, laughing with Ricardo over champagne.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I pulled the blanket gently back over Elena\u2019s shoulders and kissed her forehead.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThen they didn\u2019t steal from my wife,\u201d I said softly. \u201cThey declared war on the wrong man.\u201d…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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