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 )is own ?.home abl`(az=e f@\)or !)his,)/ mistr\#*ess’s dr,il!!l, trappin/)!g his th@r;*ee-ye`ar-old daught+;^er ins+i^\de. , The mo-ther-]= watc:!^hes vi;+a
 security .$),cam, but he dismisses her pleas, c$(+alls the child ^@illegitimate, and- prioritize ]s th\@%e as`^sessm(?e!n -_t.`+ As fl)$ames consume th? e ;( nurs, ery, t,]!
he daughter’s
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\never come``s.  The daughter’s la[@st wor\ds: (\“Daddy didn’t love me.” H( (e is_ arrested; she fades i(.#n+*to ash:, finally free.