Once Gone (Riley Paige, #1)

by Blake Pierce

the stream was soothing. It was strange to think of this as a gruesome crime scene.

Scene

It’s a pretty night out. It’s a shame to waste it.”

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Might things have gone better if she’d been able to spend her whole life in this simpler and more innocent world?

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simple life was a matter of choice, not poverty.

“It’s not what you think,” Cosgrove said. “They’re like my family. My only friends. They’re all I’ve got. I just stay home with them. It’s not like I can afford to go anywhere. They treat me right. They don’t judge me.”