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Chapter 91

Author: Ena Starr
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The fluorescent light above me flickered annoyingly. I blinked against the harsh light, my eyes adjusting as I looked across the table at the policeman sitting in front of me. He watched me with barely concealed bewilderment, like he couldn’t quite believe this was what he had to deal with on a slow morning. To my left, Daniel, the real Daniel, sat stiffly in a chair with his arms crossed, a bead of sweat trailing down his jaw. To my right, Roxy was picking invisible specks of dust off her sleeve, looking entirely too relaxed for someone who had been attacked just hours ago.

Then, our eyes met, and that was it. Roxy burst into laughter, full-bodied and uncontrollable, the kind that had no trace of joy but was instead laced with overwhelming relief. It wasn’t pretty or graceful; it was raw and almost manic, the kind of laughter that bubbled up after narrowly escaping disaster. I felt my own lips twitch in response, not because I found anything funny, but because I couldn’t believe the
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