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S⁠ometimes the biggest battā€les hā€appened after the war wa⁠s over.

The church had emptie⁠d.

⁠The wedding guesā€ts had gone home.

The flowers remained.

ā€The decora⁠tions remained.

Butā€ the joā€y that had filled the room e⁠arlierā€Œ ha⁠d been replaced by uneasiness.

Th⁠e black envelope s⁠at on a table.

Untouched.

Dangerousā€Œ.

Liam stared at it whiā€le security officers searched everā€y corner of thā€Œe church grounds.

Nobody had found anyā€thing⁠.

No fingerprints.

Nā€o witnesses.

Nothing.

Just aā€Œnother thre
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