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Carli gripped his hand as if it were her only tether to reality. Her world had altered unchangeably, and she was groping for sense in an act that was illogical, at least for everyone except the one that pulled the trigger.
This wasn’t Ethan’s first experience with a traumatized woman. His gut clenched painfully at the realization that as long as he held his position with the FBI, there was likely to be several more distraught families when the a*******n occurred, which would turn to devastation if he wasn’t smart enough to solve the puzzle before a dead child was the cost of his failure. He knew the words to say. Had taught the class at Quantico, written papers outlining how to handle the family and the media during and after the incident. But he had never been this close. When had Ca
