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. "No. But you were neve

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ed, as if he understood me be

with the basement air. At the desk, he opened one of the folders, flipping

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asked. "Why not destroy

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box on the top shelf and pu

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can trust," he said. "And

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irst time since I'd met him, his ey

ver simple in

pings, the photos, the evide

," I said quietly. "

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ge of the desk,

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ence settle

ack to me, voice

ere, Amira, you need t

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minutes ago. Thicker. Like it

ou?" I asked, more hurt

st turned toward the

to your room," he said over his sho

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ing questions now," he said.

p the stairs wit

dark, holding a USB that

ong I had before someone

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