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The hall was packed. The atmosphere electric. Once again, Alice wedged herself against the back wall. Captain Reynolds sat beside Sheriff Lynch at the press conference table. This time, there was no place at the table for the Tanners. It was an all-out cop show, with Sadowski and Lopez filling the two spare chairs.
Brooke was again in attendance. Her face on the missing posters left up in the room. And so too, the media. They jostled for space, with microphones, cameras and flashbulbs at the ready.
The remainder of the room comprised of chattering Mayflower residents and cops in dark-blue police windbreakers, fresh from the ongoing search.
A screech of feedback from a microphone cut through the din, killing it to a smattering of whispers. Captain Reynolds cleared his throat and lean
