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• “no matter how many times you move or how big and fancy your house gets, you’re still stuck with yourself.”

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• “A key is worthless unless you know what it’s for, she thought,”

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• “love is an endless course And I am the runner, euphoric.”

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• “opportunity. The bizarre codes on the pages she’d sorted for Randy suddenly made sense. They must have been the files that kept track of where the bank had stashed millions of dollars. Jim wanted the money out, and so did the Covellis. The Mob was somehow involved with the bank’s dealings, and Carmichael worked for them. Being a bartender was just a facade. Beatrice hadn’t known him at all. But Tony and Max had known him, she realized. Tony was a police detective; he was the one who told her about the Covellis in the first place. He must have known. Every word Carmichael might have overheard at the bar replayed in her mind—her conversations with Tony about snooping around the bank, the missing safe deposits, the missing master key. Maybe Tony had wanted Carmichael to hear. The old man pointed the gun at Teddy in her head. Maybe the Covellis would bring down the bank if law enforcement failed. No one, not even Tony, suspected that she and Max had the power to do anything but run. Max was right. They all underestimated women like them. Beatrice stepped out from behind the curtain with the keys in her hand and crept toward the vault. CHAPTER 72 Friday, August 28, 1998 A black-and-white photograph of two women looked up from Box 547 in the yellow glow of the detective’s flashlight. They were smiling. The glass in the silver picture frame was cracked. Iris picked it up and handed it to Detective McDonnell. Underneath it she found a brown leather book and a candle. That was it. “What the hell is this?” Iris”

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• “all the matches from you . . . So, what were you doin’ out there anyway?” Jasper frowned. His uncle thought he might’ve tried to kill himself. A gruff voice laughed knowingly in his ear. He jerked away from it, but nothing was there but the pillow. “You okay?” Wayne looked at him sideways like he really was crazy.”

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• “There’s a saying where I come from, bella. Never steal from a graveyard. You might disturb the ghosts.”

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• “the way out the door. It was Tuesday, August 12, 1952. His mother should have been heading to work down at the dairy that morning. She put on a strained smile for him as he stumbled out the back door of their apartment building and into their ’47 Chevy. Be happy, he told himself, trying to shake the feeling that something was wrong. The tires squealed”

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• “You’d be surprised how many of those fat-cat bankers is still around.”

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• “Dear Lord, I pray for the strength to forgive the past. I pray for the wisdom to guide us through this storm. Amen.”

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• “There was no greater insult on a farm than uneaten food.”

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• “It’s good to study your history, Jasper. If you don’t understand the mistakes of the past, you’re bound to repeat them. Remember that.”

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• “Iris”

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• “The path to good was always closed to the likes of me, even when I went lookin’ for it.”

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• “2 Where did you grow up? Jasper sank onto his cousin’s bed, with his”

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• “McDonnell had been holding. Iris’s eyes followed”

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• “So you really think movin’ out of here’s gonna be better, huh? Just remember, Iris, no matter how many times you move or how big and fancy your house gets, you’re still stuck with yourself. You got me? You can’t buy your way outta that one, not with all the money in all . . .”

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• “You’re practically invisible in that office—a ghost. People always underestimate women like us.”

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• “Be careful when you listen to others speak. Life is a story of many voices and the truth lies between them.”

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• “Iris found herself lagging behind to keep from pushing the blabbermouth into traffic.”

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• “Jasper, wake up.” His mother shook his shoulder. “You need to get up, baby. Get dressed.” “What?” Jasper Leary opened his eyes. It was still dark outside his window. “What’s wrong?” “We’re goin’ up to the farm. Won’t that be fun, baby?” She flipped on the bedside lamp, blinding him for a moment. Jasper sat up and blinked at the windup clock on the bedside table. It wasn’t even 6: 00 a.m. “C’mon, sweetie,” she called from the hallway. “Let’s go! The day won’t wait.” He was only nine years”

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• “These bankers here ain’t no different than anybody else. They lie, they cheat, they steal. Difference is, they don’t get caught.”

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• “Never steal from a graveyard. You might disturb the ghosts.”

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• “She gave a small nod and wondered what kind of cop would take her to a bar for questioning. A good one, she decided.”

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• “A key is worthless unless you know what it’s for,”

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• “Iris turned back toward Linda’s office”

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