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NATALIE'S POV
I haven't seen my stepfather since I came to Washington. Mum told me he was a very busy man, and I came to realize that she was actually right. Before I woke up in the morning, he was gone, and he would always return from work after I've gone to bed.
It's been that way… well… until he went on a business trip five days ago. I thought it was going to take months before I saw him, since Maguire said he barely came home. This must be my lucky day because there he was, seated on the couch with a smile on his face as he looked at me.
He was a man who should be around his early forties. He had brown hair and brown eyes that sparkled in the light. He was wearing a black suit, a gray silk inner shirt, and a paisley-patterned tie. His shoes were polished to perfection, and he s
