he waved his hand and stepped back in invitation . it was blythe . her eyes scanned the room of people nervously , but she did n't step inside . she also did n't seem to notice me . then green reached out and took her hand and pulled her into the room . i only noticed green 's stupid grin before my eyes snapped back to blythe

the older man turned to her with a scowl until he caught sight of the young , pretty woman , and then his face brightened . he cleared his throat and wiped his palms on the front of his shirt . '' oh , hello , miss. . can i help you ? '' mia pulled a photograph of toby west from her purse . '' i wondered if you might have seen this boy . he 's been missing for nine days now , and he liked to come to the woods

vic had a bottle of white wine in a plastic bag , removed from his parents ' kitchen cabinet . '' where should i put this , then ? '' she stood out of the way , letting us enter . '' there 's a kitchen in the back , '' she said . '' put it on the table there , with the other bottles

those three , what disqualified them , how i compounded everything when i alienated them , are among my major mistakes . another sentimental mistake i 've been guilty of was that i could n't choose between them , leading to this point , where castaldini is effectively leaderless . but my blessed blackout finally forced the council to choose for me . they recommended going after the one they consider the least of the three
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