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was stable.
Still weak.
Still recovering.
But alive.
That was enough.
Later that afternoon, Detective Reed returned.
A woman was with him.
Short dark hair.
Tan jacket.
Nervous hands.
It took me a moment to recognize her.
Susan Harper.
My neighbor.
We had lived across the street from each other for six years.
She had taken our packages.
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