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Part One: The Offer Robert Barnes III had spent fifteen years climbing the corporate ladder, only to discover that the top rung was made of broken dreams and expired snack machine granola bars. At thirty-seven, with a master’s degree in risk management, a collection of vintage calculator memorabilia that his wife gently tolerated, and a…
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The first thing anyone on Elm Street knew about Agatha Holloway was that she was nosey. The second thing was that she was proud of it. She considered it her civic duty, a neighborhood watch of one, perpetually stationed behind her lace curtains with a glass of sweet tea sweating in her hand. The house…