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Book Two, Chapter 20: The Arrest

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The elevator did not ping again.

Two uniformed officers walked into the small office behind Ramirez without knocking. They were young. They had the tight jaws of men who had been briefed in the elevator on what kind of arrest they were about to make and told to keep their hands where the cameras could see them.

Damien stood up before either of them spoke to him.

He did not look at me. He looked at Ramirez.

"You said not today."

"My captain called between the parking lot and the lobby. There is
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