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and what isn’t? This Morey investigation. Facts are being withheld; why not just lie? There’s something different about this case, something that seems to be out of anyone’s control.”
“That’s why you’re here,” Amina said. “To save the mystery. Life becomes mere data without it.”
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Sundays were quiet, and had been for years. A resurgence in spirituality had driven a new Sabbath feeling; businesses closed, people went to church or synagogue or mosque or whatever, and weekends went from turbulent and crime-ridden to oases of calm. Of course, Mondays were a mess, as all the wildness was squeezed out of the weekend into the front and back ends of the week. Fortunately, few people had to work five-day weeks anymore. They could party on Thursday or Friday or Mond
