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Chapter 189

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AARON'S POV

We met with Ingrid's full team the following following morning, spreading printouts of the woman's various online accounts across our kitchen table, the growing pile of evidence painting an increasingly detailed, unsettling picture of someone who had spent considerable time and effort mapping the edges of our private life.

"We've identified her," Ingrid said, sliding a folder across the table. "Her legal name is Iris Delgado."

I stared at the name for a long moment before the surnam
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