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CROWNE OF LIESBy CD Reiss© Copyright 2020 – Flip City MediaAll rights reservedThis is a work of purest fiction.Any similarities to persons living or dead is not only a coincidence, it says volumes about who youassociate with. That’s why I like you so much.OceanofPDF.com
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Page 10 and 11: “Mind your business, twerp,” By
Page 12 and 13: Thank God. Thank fucking God.“Tha
Page 14 and 15: She tapped the edge of her wine gla
Page 16 and 17: the bride. Boom. You’ll make a hu
Page 18 and 19: “But it won’t be perfect.” I
Page 20 and 21: “You look tired.” She lifted he
Page 22 and 23: “It was. Were you late for work?
Page 24 and 25: “No, no.” Tap tap on the keyboa
Page 26 and 27: 4L O G A N“I think we should win,
Page 28 and 29: “No drug arrests.”“Right.”
Page 30 and 31: The white wall had a single, seven-
Page 32 and 33: 5E L L ALeaving Logan in the workin
Page 34 and 35: “Why?”“Sugar?” I called.“
Page 36 and 37: “Right. So, where do we start on
Page 38 and 39: “Imagine if you married me.” He
Page 40 and 41: “That’s not enough?”“No. It
Page 42 and 43: 6L O G A NOne minute, I had her. Th
Page 44 and 45: “You’re saying you have a histo
Page 46 and 47: “Dad.”He looked at his watch be
Page 48 and 49: I waited for my father to congratul
Page 50 and 51: I put down the container. My Blind
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“Fine,” I said, pacing the leng
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Jean-Claude came out of the closet
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Logan sat in the chair across from
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“Haven’t tested it without a co
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She jerked her mouth away, but I he
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“I’m not spending the next five
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Was I?I wasn’t made of stone. I w
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1 0E L L AI was married.Not just ma
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Non. Again. Non. Again. Non. Again.
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With the speed of a criminal unencu
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—I’m sending Loranda to getyou.
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She was not to smile at Caleb Hawki
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We walked up to the rooftop togethe
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She held out her right hand and the
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1 2E L L AMy quickened heartbeat st
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“Eyes on the prize.” He spun me
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I gasped. “No feelings. It means
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“Here.” Reaching toward my pant
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The bathroom door opened, and Ella
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“That thumb taste good?” she as
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I took my wife’s hand and pulled
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1 4E L L AIn the suite’s living r
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“Good morning.” He hit the ente
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in the fence from my window, so I g
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When I felt him get under the cover
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me, the harder I sucked. If I wasn
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They existed as a soreness where I
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“Olivia says she knows your new w
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“Don’t you dare,” she objecte
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“How long will it take?”“As l
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1 6E L L AAs I changed into jeans a
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“Nah,” he said. “I’ve done
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Colton pointed his fork at each of
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“I’ll cream you after lunch,”
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to journals under a pen name. I did
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outstretched for his wife as if she
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about who ran Crowne. He was concer
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One year, separate rooms. Functiona
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commercial space, so I’m not allo
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As if I was being honest with mysel
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Logan’s face was tense, waiting f
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outside our marriage, I could barel
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that time of day added a level of c
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I checked the stock ticker.Maybe it
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Malibu was a wreck of traffic at lu
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without the sex. She asked for noth
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“I can’t be the only one mainta
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2 1E L L A“Talk to me,” Logan h
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“But… I thought the Collective
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Alone with the Big Blank, I pried o
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“I want you to want to go. If you
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Or I was imagining it.It was possib
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He hadn’t shaved before we went o
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how to get there, but he looked com
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I pressed the tape to alert the dri
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He opened his lips to answer. To ag
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“Yes, what?”“Touch me.”He p
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“Fuck me. Please.”“Are you be
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2 4L O G A NWhen our sticky bodies
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I didn’t want to hurt her, but I
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“No, you’re not.”“Wanna try
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A dress form in my size sat in the
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The door closed behind me as he cal
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“So,” Logan said, staring at me
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2 6L O G A NElla and I had things t
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“Sure.” She put in two more pie
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shredded and fringed with the loose
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2 7E L L AShredding my father’s d
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the night. They took down streetlig
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“I thought you were being modest.
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“Of course you did,” she called
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say I was a little disappointed wit
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“Can I stay here?”“Of course.
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“Sorry, yes. I know, Ella.”“D
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2 8L O G A N—I’m going home—N
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I hoped she’d tell me more so I c
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“That was the reason you got into
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With a knowing smile, she swung the
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“You’re in luck.” I craned my
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want that?”“Do it. Take me.”I
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“Say something!” I cried.“Com
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refrigerator. Then Colton had come
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“You mean, a little different? Or
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The anniversary party wasn’t a te
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“I have no idea,” Ella said.“
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wrong of me to work so hard to not
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look my family in the face. Nothing
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where the soil is rich. And sometim
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I didn’t want to be this way, and
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Shit.I had the desire to reach out
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3 3E L L ALogan and I were on oppos
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grabbed a glass Liddy had filled.
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I lifted my glass and picked up a l
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“No, but it’s what we both need
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“I’m leaving too.”He looked a
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My father hadn’t cleared the mias
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I looked at my watch. My meeting wi
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“Can you meet him in the middle?
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“Me neither,” his lawyer grumbl
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“I’m trouble, you know.” I gr
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into the elevator with her arms wid
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E P I L O G U E T W OE L L AFrogtow
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“Yes,” Logan said, taking my ha
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“Let’s talk about Dante,” Col
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Or maybe you’re curious about Byr
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A L S O F R E E I N K I N D L E U N
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A C K N O W L E D G M E N T SBefore
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