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Chapter 61: The Missing File

作者: Grandpa preslee
last update publish date: 2026-08-17 17:32:53

Noelle called me at eleven the next morning, and the moment I heard her voice I knew something had gone badly wrong.

I had spent that same morning still sitting with the weight of the night before, the case file spread across my desk, the decision to finally start using it instead of hiding behind it. I had barely finished telling myself I was ready for whatever came next when her name lit up my phone.

"I need you to stay calm," she said, which was never a good beginning, and never something sh
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