“She defended you,” Lamar said. Hugh turned to him. “You said you wanted to know. Stoyan memorized that part. He thought you would want to know one day.” Lamar reached inside his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. “Read it to me.” “‘You were everything to him. He committed all those atrocities for you and you stripped him of your love, the thing he cared about most.’ ‘Hugh outlived his usefulness. His life had been a series of uncomplicated tasks and eventually he became his work.’” A simpleton. That’s how he saw me. And she understood. “‘He was raised exactly like you wanted him to be.’
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