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A few days later . . .

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Sandra really wasn't very comfortable. She hadn't been in a police station before. How anything could simultaneously be so dirty yet sterile was beyond her. The police had actually found some of her stolen items and they wanted her to confirm their identity. They wouldn't be able to release the items yet as they were evidence in a murder investigation, but Sandra didn't care. She wanted to put the whole thing behind her as quickly as possible.

The only thing that was keeping her sane was Jasmine's assurances that an extraordinarily gifted individual was handling the case. Sandra had...