Chapter One
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could hear the detectives talking among themselves in the other room. She had no idea if they were aware of how loud they were, but it amused her to listen to them. Especially since they were discussing her.
“Is this woman for real?”
“The orders came straight from the Commissioner. I’ve talked with a couple of other guys who’ve seen her in action, and they swear by her.”
“Sorry. I’m from Missouri, and I call bullshit until I see it with my own two eyes.”
There was no response from the other man. The denier persisted. “So all she has to do is touch him, and she can read his mind?”
“Sort of like that, yeah.”
“Sounds too much like a carnival act to me. All smoke and mirrors. Hocus pocus. What is she? A witch?”
The other man gave a bark of laughter. “I bet you a steak
