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BETRAYED

dead for sure.’”
The troubled woman drew a sharp breath as she plucked her
coat from the hall tree. “Come on, time to go.”
After patting her favorite hat into place, the one with the
fruit and poppy flowers, she took her daughter’s hand in hers
and hurried out into the street.
During the walk to the trolley stop, she said, “I’m a simple
woman. Maybe I don’t understand all of this business about
contracts, and ballet companies, and chaperones, but I know a
young girl don’t belong in the life they tried to lure her into. It’s
the devil’s temptation.”

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