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Chapter 45

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KAREN

I stood by the office window long after the call ended, staring down at the city without really seeing any of it.

Cars crawled through the evening traffic below like slow streams of light, people hurried along sidewalks with their heads bent against the wind, and somewhere far off, a siren echoed between buildings. Normally, I noticed details like that. Normally, I liked observing things because it helped me think.

Right now, though, my mind was fixed on only one thing.

Lena.

I folded my
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