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Chapter 22

Author: Olivia Saxton
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The New York Times

Society

Young Billionaire Heiress Missing!

By Judy Budd

I had found it suspicious that Ava Bartholomew

had not been seen at any summer and this season’s events.

After a lot of questioning and digging for almost a month,

this reporter has learned – to her horror, Ava Bartholomew

has been missing for a little over four months!

Apparently, one of her father’s, billionaire publisher and investor,

Lester Bartholomew, jets had mal
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