Chapter 19

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OCEANS. "What the f**k do you mean he doesn't know?" I pressed the phone to my ear and kept my voice even, because the alternative was putting my fist through the mirror I was standing in front of. "He said he found a girl, sir. She was conscious but barely. Begged him not to take her to a hospital or contact the authorities." Reeves paused. "He said she was specific about that. Insistent, even given the state she was in. He agreed, gave her what first aid he could, and when he checked on her an hour later, she was gone. He never saw her again and never heard from her." I set the towel down on the bathroom counter. So she had been coherent enough to make decisions. Coherent enough to be afraid of hospitals, police presence, and anyone who might log her name somewhere. Which meant the

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