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After the meeting Jethro headed straight to Stella’s apartment. He needed to end their engagement. He didn’t want anyone thinking they were still involved. It wasn’t safe for her.
A shadow shifted and disappeared around a corner. He stopped, checking the address on one of the letters that she’d written to him while he’d been in prison. He’d been completely surprised when he’d received the first one. He hadn’t expected anything from her. It wasn’t like either of them had cared for one another. They’d both been pawns in her grandfather’s schemes.
He continued down the street. This area had never been affluent, but it had been full of decent, hardworking Almightys, but that had changed.
Many of the houses were in shambles—doors missing, windows broken, roofs that looked like the
