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Four months after Grace Mercer walked back into a burning apartment and sacrificed half her face to save the man she loved, he came home for lunch with another woman and a suitcase. Grace had spent the entire morning cooking with one hand because her left arm still would not rise above her shoulder. She had set the table for two, believing that if she could make one ordinary meal, perhaps she and Logan Pierce could finally have one honest conversation.

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Victor had tried to erase the nurse who could conn…

Victor had tried to erase the nurse who could connect Dominic to the night he was supposed to have died.

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