She wrenched her heavy hands off the bed and blinked a few times to moisten her parched eyes. She decided that she just needed, by all means, to get to the window and give at least some sign to the policeman so that he would pay attention to her. She heard voices in the street, but could not make out what the conversation was about.

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- Good evening, sheriff. What brought you to our region? Flex limped out onto the porch.

Hello Mr Flex. Your friend is worried about your condition in recent days and asked me to check if everything is in order - Sheriff Rogers carefully studied...