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The two men talking drowned out the constant sound of dripping water as they sloshed their way through the sewer. Oil lantern in a steady hand, Detective Doyle Longstreet led the pair deeper into the culverts. “If I had known this was where you wanted me to go, I might have said no.”
Close behind, the reporter Carl Darren followed. “You have to go where the story takes you.” Carl’s lantern danced from sound to sound, trying to identify each foreign noise and movement, flashing across the salt lines on the bricks indicating high tide marks. “You said you wanted to defend those overlooked. This is your chance.” In his spare hand, he clutched a sketch of a map like a life preserver.
“I know what I said. I just didn’t think the first step would be the sewer—maybe the second o
