Chapter 5: The Daughter Who Never Died
“The child## Chapter 5: The Daughter Who Never Died
“The child died?””
Elena heard the words leave her mouth, but they seemed to belong to someone else.
died?””
Elena heard the words leave her mouth, but they seemed to belong to someone else.
Robert stoodRobert stood beside the dining table, his phone still pressed against his ear.
On the other end, the caller was beside the dining table, his phone still pressed against his ear.
On the other end, the caller was speaking rapidly.
Robert wasn't listening.
He was staring at Elena.
“Who was speaking rapidly.
Robert wasn't listening.
He was staring at Elena.
“Who was the child?”” she demanded.
Robert ended the call.
“Elena, you need to sit down.””
“Don't tell me to sit down.””
She stepped toward him, her hands trembling for a reason that had nothing to do with fear of the the child?”” she demanded.
Robert ended the call.
“Elena, you need to sit down.””
“Don't tell me to sit down.””
She stepped toward him, her hands trembling for a reason that had nothing to do with fear of the Ashfords.
“Whose child?””
Victoria backed toward the doorway.
Daniel noticed Ashfords.
“Whose child?””
Victoria backed toward the doorway.
Daniel noticed.
“Mrs. Ashford, please stay where you.
“Mrs. Ashford, please stay where you are.””
Victoria shook her head.
“I don't know anything about this.””
“You just reacted are.””
Victoria shook her head.
“I don't know anything about this.””
“You just reacted as though you did,” Elena said.
“I reacted because Robert said something horrifying.””
“What exactly did you know?””
“Nothing!””
Victoria as though you did,” Elena said.
“I reacted because Robert said something horrifying.””
“What exactly did you know?””
“Nothing!””
Victoria's voice cracked.
Elena turned to Robert.
“Seven years ago, my father was arrested. My mother died. I lost our home.
I lost my career before it even began. I spent every's voice cracked.
Elena turned to Robert.
“Seven years ago, my father was arrested. My mother died. I lost our home.
I lost my career before it even began. I spent every waking hour trying to prove that my family wasn't what your newspapers said it was.””
Her voice waking hour trying to prove that my family wasn't what your newspapers said it was.””
Her voice rose.
“And now you're telling me there was a child?””
Robert lowered his eyes.
“There was a baby.””
Elena gripped the back of a chair.
“Wh rose.
“And now you're telling me there was a child?””
Robert lowered his eyes.
“There was a baby.””
Elena gripped the back of a chair.
“Whose baby?””
“Yours.””
The room went silent.
Daniel slowly closed his notebook.
Victoria stared at Robert as if he had just confessed to murder.
Elena couldn't move.
“No.””
Robertose baby?””
“Yours.””
The room went silent.
Daniel slowly closed his notebook.
Victoria stared at Robert as if he had just confessed to murder.
Elena couldn't move.
“No.””
Robert's voice broke.
“Your father never told you?””
“No.””
“Perhaps he thought he was protecting you.””
“Stop saying that's voice broke.
“Your father never told you?””
“No.””
“Perhaps he thought he was protecting you.””
“Stop saying that.””
Robert flinched.
“Stop pretending that every terrible thing your family.””
Robert flinched.
“Stop pretending that every terrible thing your family did was somehow meant to protect me!””
She struck the table with her palm.
“Tell did was somehow meant to protect me!””
She struck the table with her palm.
“Tell me what happened.””
Robert took a long breath.
“Seven years ago, before your father was arrested, you were involved in a relationship with a young man named Michael Bennett.””
me what happened.””
Robert took a long breath.
“Seven years ago, before your father was arrested, you were involved in a relationship with a young man named Michael Bennett.””
Elena's face changed.
Michael.
The name brought back the smell of rain on pavement,Elena's face changed.
Michael.
The name brought back the smell of rain on pavement, the glow of a diner sign at two in the morning, and a young man who used to draw ridiculous little houses on napkins because he the glow of a diner sign at two in the morning, and a young man who used to draw ridiculous little houses on napkins because he wanted to design buildings someday.
Michael had been her first love.
He had disappeared shortly before her father's arrest.
wanted to design buildings someday.
Michael had been her first love.
He had disappeared shortly before her father's arrest.
His phone number stopped working.
His apartment was empty.
And the lastHis phone number stopped working.
His apartment was empty.
And the last message she received from him contained only six words.
I'm sorry. Don't look for me.
She had spent months trying to find him.
Eventually, she stopped.
Not because she stopped loving him.
Because grief message she received from him contained only six words.
I'm sorry. Don't look for me.
She had spent months trying to find him.
Eventually, she stopped.
Not because she stopped loving him.
Because grief had left her with too little strength to chase another person who had apparently had left her with too little strength to chase another person who had apparently chosen to leave.
Elena looked at Robert.
“What does Michael have to do with a child?””
“You were pregnant.””
The words struck her harder than the revelation chosen to leave.
Elena looked at Robert.
“What does Michael have to do with a child?””
“You were pregnant.””
The words struck her harder than the revelation about the trust.
She shook her head.
“No.””
“You about the trust.
She shook her head.
“No.””
“You were admitted to St. Catherine's Hospital under a different surname. Your father arranged it after the threats began.””
“I was never were admitted to St. Catherine's Hospital under a different surname. Your father arranged it after the threats began.””
“I was never pregnant.””
Robert looked at her with a terrible sadness.
“You were unconscious after an accident. You were given medication, and the hospital records were sealed. When you woke pregnant.””
Robert looked at her with a terrible sadness.
“You were unconscious after an accident. You were given medication, and the hospital records were sealed. When you woke up, you were told the pregnancy had ended.””
Elena's fingers went numb.
She remembered the accident.
A rainy up, you were told the pregnancy had ended.””
Elena's fingers went numb.
She remembered the accident.
A rainy night.
Headlights flashing across the windshield.
The sharp sound of metal folding night.
Headlights flashing across the windshield.
The sharp sound of metal folding.
Then darkness.
She remembered waking in a hospital room with her father beside her bed.
Then darkness.
She remembered waking in a hospital room with her father beside her bed, his face exhausted and his hand wrapped around hers.
He had told, his face exhausted and his hand wrapped around hers.
He had told her she had suffered a concussion.
He had told her the doctors needed to monitor her she had suffered a concussion.
He had told her the doctors needed to monitor her for a few days.
He had never mentioned a pregnancy.
He had never mentioned a her for a few days.
He had never mentioned a pregnancy.
He had never mentioned a baby.
“He baby.
“He wouldn't have lied to me,” Elena whispered.
Robert looked away.
“Your father was terrified.””
“Of what?””
“Of what Andrew might do if he discovered the child existed.””
Daniel stepped forward.
“Mr. Ashford, do you have documentary evidence of wouldn't have lied to me,” Elena whispered.
Robert looked away.
“Your father was terrified.””
“Of what?””
“Of what Andrew might do if he discovered the child existed.””
Daniel stepped forward.
“Mr. Ashford, do you have documentary evidence of this?””
Robert nodded slowly.
“Some.””
“Where?””
“Not here this?””
Robert nodded slowly.
“Some.””
“Where?””
“Not here.””
Elena grabbed his sleeve.
“Take me to it.””
“It's complicated.””
“Then make it simple.””
Robert looked at her hand gripping his jacket.
“Your father arranged for the baby to.””
Elena grabbed his sleeve.
“Take me to it.””
“It's complicated.””
“Then make it simple.””
Robert looked at her hand gripping his jacket.
“Your father arranged for the baby to be placed with a family outside New York. The adoption was supposed to be temporary until be placed with a family outside New York. The adoption was supposed to be temporary until the investigation was resolved.””
Elena released him as if he had burned her.
“An adoption?””
the investigation was resolved.””
Elena released him as if he had burned her.
“An adoption?””
“An arrangement. The paperwork was handled through a private agency.””
“Without my consent?””
Robert“An arrangement. The paperwork was handled through a private agency.””
“Without my consent?””
Robert said nothing.
“Without my knowledge?””
He lowered said nothing.
“Without my knowledge?””
He lowered his head.
Elena stepped backward.
For seven years, she had believed the greatest theft in her life was the destruction of her father's reputation.
Now she was discovering that someone had taken an entire future from her.
A child.
A daughter who might have her eyes his head.
Elena stepped backward.
For seven years, she had believed the greatest theft in her life was the destruction of her father's reputation.
Now she was discovering that someone had taken an entire future from her.
A child.
A daughter who might have her eyes, her father's stubbornness, her own laugh.
A person who had grown up somewhere in the world without knowing that Elena had, her father's stubbornness, her own laugh.
A person who had grown up somewhere in the world without knowing that Elena had spent years wondering why the silence in her apartment felt so unbearable.
“Where is she?”” Elena whispered.
Robert rubbed his spent years wondering why the silence in her apartment felt so unbearable.
“Where is she?”” Elena whispered.
Robert rubbed his face.
“I don't know.””
“That's not an answer.””
“The records were transferred between agencies. The original file disappeared after the investigation.””
“Who signed the papers?””
Robert hesitated.
Daniel noticed.
“Mr. Ashford.””
Robert face.
“I don't know.””
“That's not an answer.””
“The records were transferred between agencies. The original file disappeared after the investigation.””
“Who signed the papers?””
Robert hesitated.
Daniel noticed.
“Mr. Ashford.””
Robert looked at him.
“Andrew.””
Victoria sank into a chair.
Elena stared at her.
“Your husband arranged the adoption?””
Victoria shook her head violently.
“I never signed looked at him.
“Andrew.””
Victoria sank into a chair.
Elena stared at her.
“Your husband arranged the adoption?””
Victoria shook her head violently.
“I never signed anything.””
“Did you know about the child?””
“No.””
“Did you know Michael?””
Victoria's eyes flick anything.””
“Did you know about the child?””
“No.””
“Did you know Michael?””
Victoria's eyes flickered.
It was small.
Almost invisible.
But Elena saw it.
“Answer me.””
Victoria stood abruptly.
“I knewered.
It was small.
Almost invisible.
But Elena saw it.
“Answer me.””
Victoria stood abruptly.
“I knew his name.””
“How?””
“He worked for Andrew for a short time.””
“Doing what?””
“Research. Financial analysis. I don't know the details.””
“You expect me his name.””
“How?””
“He worked for Andrew for a short time.””
“Doing what?””
“Research. Financial analysis. I don't know the details.””
“You expect me to believe that?””
Victoria pressed her palms against the table.
“I am telling you what I know.””
Elena looked at Robert.
“Why would my father agree to send his to believe that?””
Victoria pressed her palms against the table.
“I am telling you what I know.””
Elena looked at Robert.
“Why would my father agree to send his granddaughter away?””
Robert's voice dropped.
“Because someone told him the child would be killed if he refused.””
Daniel's expression hardened.
“Who made that threat?””
Robert shook his head.
“Thomas never told me.””
“Then how do you know about the threat?””
“Because I granddaughter away?””
Robert's voice dropped.
“Because someone told him the child would be killed if he refused.””
Daniel's expression hardened.
“Who made that threat?””
Robert shook his head.
“Thomas never told me.””
“Then how do you know about the threat?””
“Because I received a letter from him three days after the baby was born.””
Robert walked to the cabinet and opened a lower drawer.
He received a letter from him three days after the baby was born.””
Robert walked to the cabinet and opened a lower drawer.
He removed a small, sealed envelope.
The paper was yellowed at the edges.
Elena recognized her father's handwriting immediately.
Her knees weakened.
Robert held it out.
“I kept this because I couldn't bring myself to destroy it.””
“You destroyed enough removed a small, sealed envelope.
The paper was yellowed at the edges.
Elena recognized her father's handwriting immediately.
Her knees weakened.
Robert held it out.
“I kept this because I couldn't bring myself to destroy it.””
“You destroyed enough things already.””
“I know.””
Elena took the envelope.
Her fingers traced the familiar slant of the letters.
For a moment, she was twenty-four again, standing in the kitchen while her father wrote grocery lists on the backs of old envelopes.
She opened it carefully.
Inside was things already.””
“I know.””
Elena took the envelope.
Her fingers traced the familiar slant of the letters.
For a moment, she was twenty-four again, standing in the kitchen while her father wrote grocery lists on the backs of old envelopes.
She opened it carefully.
Inside was a single sheet of paper.
Robert,
If you are reading this, then the arrangement has been completed, and Elena has been told nothing.
*I a single sheet of paper.
Robert,
If you are reading this, then the arrangement has been completed, and Elena has been told nothing.
I know what I am asking of you is unforgivable. I know she may know what I am asking of you is unforgivable. I know she may hate me for the rest of her life if she ever discovers what happened.
But Andrew has made it clear that the child is leverage. He believes that if Elena hate me for the rest of her life if she ever discovers what happened.
But Andrew has made it clear that the child is leverage. He believes that if Elena has something to lose, I will stop investigating the missing funds.
I cannot allow him to use my daughter or has something to lose, I will stop investigating the missing funds.
I cannot allow him to use my daughter or my granddaughter to protect himself.
The child must remain safe until I can prove the my granddaughter to protect himself.
The child must remain safe until I can prove the truth.
If I fail, tell Elena that I loved her more than anything in this world.
Tell truth.
If I fail, tell Elena that I loved her more than anything in this world.
Tell her that I did not abandon her.
And if the time ever comes when she can search for her daughter her that I did not abandon her.
And if the time ever comes when she can search for her daughter without fear, give her the name written below.
Elena's vision blurred without fear, give her the name written below.*
Elena's vision blurred.
At the bottom of the page was a name.
*Grace Bennett.*
She read it twice.
Then.
At the bottom of the page was a name.
*Grace Bennett.*
She read it twice.
Then a third time.
“Bennett,” she whispered.
Daniel looked over her shoulder.
“ a third time.
“Bennett,” she whispered.
Daniel looked over her shoulder.
“Michael's surname.””
Robert nodded.
“That's what Thomas believed the child would be called.””
Elena pressed the letter toMichael's surname.””
Robert nodded.
“That's what Thomas believed the child would be called.””
Elena pressed the letter to her chest.
She didn't cry.
Not yet.
The pain was too enormous to fit inside tears.
“My father thought he was saving her.””
“Yes.””
“And you let her chest.
She didn't cry.
Not yet.
The pain was too enormous to fit inside tears.
“My father thought he was saving her.””
“Yes.””
“And you let him carry that burden alone.””
Robert's face him carry that burden alone.””
Robert's face crumpled.
“Yes.””
A quiet sob escaped Victoria.
Elena turned toward her.
“Why are you crying?””
Victoria wiped her cheek.
“Because I knew there was a child.””
The admission froze everyone in crumpled.
“Yes.””
A quiet sob escaped Victoria.
Elena turned toward her.
“Why are you crying?””
Victoria wiped her cheek.
“Because I knew there was a child.””
The admission froze everyone in the room.
Daniel stepped forward.
“Mrs. Ashford, you said you knew the room.
Daniel stepped forward.
“Mrs. Ashford, you said you knew nothing.””
“I didn't know where she was.””
“But you knew she existed,” Elena said.
Victoria looked at the floor.
“Yes.””
“How?””
“Andrew told me.””
nothing.””
“I didn't know where she was.””
“But you knew she existed,” Elena said.
Victoria looked at the floor.
“Yes.””
“How?””
“Andrew told me.””
“When?””
“Before our wedding.””
Elena approached her slowly.
“What did he tell you?””
Victoria's voice“When?””
“Before our wedding.””
Elena approached her slowly.
“What did he tell you?””
Victoria's voice became a whisper.
“He said your father had hidden a child to manipulate the company. He told me the became a whisper.
“He said your father had hidden a child to manipulate the company. He told me the baby was a liability that needed to disappear.””
Elena felt a terrible calm baby was a liability that needed to disappear.””
Elena felt a terrible calm settle over her.
“And you married him anyway.””
Victoria looked up.
“I was twenty-six. I had grown settle over her.
“And you married him anyway.””
Victoria looked up.
“I was twenty-six. I had grown up with nothing. Andrew promised me a life where I would never have to worry about money again.””
“So up with nothing. Andrew promised me a life where I would never have to worry about money again.””
“So you traded a child for diamonds?””
“No!””
Victoria slapped the table.
“You think you you traded a child for diamonds?””
“No!””
Victoria slapped the table.
“You think you know what it means to be powerless? You think your suffering makes you the only person know what it means to be powerless? You think your suffering makes you the only person who has ever been afraid?””
Elena stared at her.
Victoria's chest rose and fell rapidly.
“I saw who has ever been afraid?””
Elena stared at her.
Victoria's chest rose and fell rapidly.
“I saw what Andrew could do to people. I watched him destroy a man's career with one phone call. I watched him buy what Andrew could do to people.
I watched him destroy a man's career with one phone call. I watched him buy silence, threaten employees, and ruin anyone who became inconvenient.””
“And you helped silence, threaten employees, and ruin anyone who became inconvenient.””
“And you helped him.””
Victoria's eyes filled.
“Yes.””
The admission was barely audible.
“I signed documents I didn't understand. I him.””
Victoria's eyes filled.
“Yes.””
The admission was barely audible.
“I signed documents I didn't understand. I moved money when he told me to. I told myself I was keeping my marriage moved money when he told me to. I told myself I was keeping my marriage safe.””
“You knew what happened to my father.””
“I knew he was being framed.””
Elena closed safe.””
“You knew what happened to my father.””
“I knew he was being framed.””
Elena closed her eyes.
For seven years, she had imagined the people responsible as monsters her eyes.
For seven years, she had imagined the people responsible as monsters who felt nothing.
It was easier than imagining ordinary people making cowardly decisions one after who felt nothing.
It was easier than imagining ordinary people making cowardly decisions one after another until the damage became irreversible.
When she opened her eyes, Victoria was still standing there.
“You can help another until the damage became irreversible.
When she opened her eyes, Victoria was still standing there.
“You can help me find my daughter,” Elena said.
Victoria shook her head.
“I don't know where she is.””
“Then help me find my daughter,” Elena said.
Victoria shook her head.
“I don't know where she is.””
“Then help me find the records.””
“Andrew has them.””
“Where?””
Victoria hesitated.
Then she whispered, “ me find the records.””
“Andrew has them.””
“Where?””
Victoria hesitated.
Then she whispered, “In the old family house in Westchester. There's a locked study behind the libraryIn the old family house in Westchester. There's a locked study behind the library.
Andrew keeps the documents there that he doesn't trust anyone else to handle. Andrew keeps the documents there that he doesn't trust anyone else to handle.””
Daniel immediately shook his head.
“We cannot enter a private property and search it.””
Daniel immediately shook his head.
“We cannot enter a private property and search it without authorization.””
“I didn't say we should break in,” Elena replied.
She looked at Victoria.
without authorization.””
“I didn't say we should break in,” Elena replied.
She looked at Victoria.
“Will you give a sworn statement about what you know?””
Victoria's face tightened.
“If I do, Andrew will destroy me.””
“He already made you part of this“Will you give a sworn statement about what you know?””
Victoria's face tightened.
“If I do, Andrew will destroy me.””
“He already made you part of this.””
“I could lose everything.””
Elena looked at the champagne-gold dress, the diamond bracelet, and the expensive watch.””
“I could lose everything.””
Elena looked at the champagne-gold dress, the diamond bracelet, and the expensive watch on Victoria's wrist.
Then she thought of a little girl whose face she had never seen.
“So could my daughter.””
Victoria looked away.
For a long moment, she said on Victoria's wrist.
Then she thought of a little girl whose face she had never seen.
“So could my daughter.””
Victoria looked away.
For a long moment, she said nothing.
Then she reached into her handbag and nothing.
Then she reached into her handbag and pulled out a small black flash drive.
“I copied some of Andrew's files six months ago,” she whispered.
“I thought I might need them if he ever decided I was a liability.””
Daniel held pulled out a small black flash drive.
“I copied some of Andrew's files six months ago,” she whispered.
“I thought I might need them if he ever decided I was a liability.””
Daniel held out his hand.
“May I?””
Victoria placed the drive in his out his hand.
“May I?””
Victoria placed the drive in his palm.
“I don't know if the files are complete.””
Elena watched Daniel secure it in an evidence envelope.
“What is palm.
“I don't know if the files are complete.””
Elena watched Daniel secure it in an evidence envelope.
“What is on it?””
Victoria swallowed.
“The adoption agency's name. A payment record. And a photograph.””
“A photograph of whom on it?””
Victoria swallowed.
“The adoption agency's name. A payment record. And a photograph.””
“A photograph of whom?””
Victoria looked at Elena.
“Your daughter.””
Elena's breath?””
Victoria looked at Elena.
“Your daughter.””
Elena's breath caught.
“Where is it?””
“On the drive.””
Daniel took out his laptop.
Before he could open it, his phone vibrated.
He read the message and immediately stood.
caught.
“Where is it?””
“On the drive.””
Daniel took out his laptop.
Before he could open it, his phone vibrated.
He read the message and immediately stood.
“What is it?”” Elena asked.
“The bank has confirmed that the dormant account is tied to a beneficiary trust. The account contains a restricted record that may identify the child.””
“Can we access it?””
“Not without the court“What is it?”” Elena asked.
“The bank has confirmed that the dormant account is tied to a beneficiary trust. The account contains a restricted record that may identify the child.””
“Can we access it?””
“Not without the court's authorization.””
Robert nodded toward the legal papers.
“The judge's order's authorization.””
Robert nodded toward the legal papers.
“The judge's order covers the trust records.””
Daniel opened his laptop and entered the secure portal provided by the bank.
A loading circle appeared.
Then a covers the trust records.””
Daniel opened his laptop and entered the secure portal provided by the bank.
A loading circle appeared.
Then a page of account details filled the screen.
Elena moved closer.
There was a date page of account details filled the screen.
Elena moved closer.
There was a date of birth.
A hospital reference number.
A beneficiary name.
And a current address of birth.
A hospital reference number.
A beneficiary name.
And a current address.
Daniel's face changed.
“What's wrong?”” Elena asked.
He turned the screen toward her.
.
Daniel's face changed.
“What's wrong?”” Elena asked.
He turned the screen toward her.
The beneficiary name read *Grace Bennett*.
Below it was a recent transaction dated three days earlier.
A payment had been made from the dormant trust to a private medical facility in Manhattan.
The referenceThe beneficiary name read *Grace Bennett*.
Below it was a recent transaction dated three days earlier.
A payment had been made from the dormant trust to a private medical facility in Manhattan.
The reference field contained a short note.
**Emergency field contained a short note.
*Emergency authorization — maternal contact requested.*
Elena stared at the words.
“Maternal contact?””
Daniel nodded slowly authorization — maternal contact requested.**
Elena stared at the words.
“Maternal contact?””
Daniel nodded slowly.
“The account has been activated because someone is requesting access to the beneficiary's records.””
“Who?””
He clicked the authorization details.
A name.
“The account has been activated because someone is requesting access to the beneficiary's records.””
“Who?””
He clicked the authorization details.
A name appeared.
*Michael Bennett.*
Elena's hand flew to her mouth.
Michael was alive.
He had been searching for their daughter.
And he had appeared.
*Michael Bennett.*
Elena's hand flew to her mouth.
Michael was alive.
He had been searching for their daughter.
And he had just contacted the trust that Elena's father had spent his final days trying to protect.
Then Daniel opened the attached notification just contacted the trust that Elena's father had spent his final days trying to protect.
Then Daniel opened the attached notification.
The message was brief.
If Elena Sterling is still alive, tell her that Grace is in danger.
The timestamp was three days old.
Elena looked at the clock.
It was nearly midnight.
“.
The message was brief.
If Elena Sterling is still alive, tell her that Grace is in danger.
The timestamp was three days old.
Elena looked at the clock.
It was nearly midnight.
“Call the hospital,” she said.
Daniel was already dialing.
A woman answered after two rings.
“Emergency admissions, how may I direct your call?””
Daniel identified himself and provided the case referenceCall the hospital,” she said.
Daniel was already dialing.
A woman answered after two rings.
“Emergency admissions, how may I direct your call?””
Daniel identified himself and provided the case reference.
He listened.
His face tightened.
“Yes,” he said.
“I'm asking about Grace Bennett.””
A pause.
Then another.
Daniel's grip on the phone became.
He listened.
His face tightened.
“Yes,” he said.
“I'm asking about Grace Bennett.””
A pause.
Then another.
Daniel's grip on the phone became rigid.
“What do you mean she was discharged?””
Elena grabbed his rigid.
“What do you mean she was discharged?””
Elena grabbed his arm.
“When?””
Daniel listened for several more seconds.
arm.
“When?””
Daniel listened for several more seconds.
Then he slowly lowered the phone.
“The patient left the facility this afternoonThen he slowly lowered the phone.
“The patient left the facility this afternoon.””
“Who took her?””
Daniel looked at Elena.
“The authorized guardian.””
“Who?””
.””
“Who took her?””
Daniel looked at Elena.
“The authorized guardian.””
“Who?””
His voice was almost inaudible.
“Andrew Ashford.””
May you like
His voice was almost inaudible.
“Andrew Ashford.””
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