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ed its usual rhythm. Insid

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ou wake up

ty fair? I'm on duty, but I

iss

. Because he needed an excuse, a bridge. He knew that if

ring a coffee near the police stat

appeared out of nowhere the o

d, and his fingers played with the cup

ou asking

ast I could do would be to know the name

directly than he'd intended

t that

gaze. She wasn't

t was t

r and sighed. He wasn't pr

ess with him. He's a... complicat

d her arms

why I'm inte

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he's not someone you can talk to like you talk to me. He's a wal

are for t

dn't

ke it anymore. She wrote to

me. Or don't wri

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call. F

ame?" she asked as soon as she

me you won't

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me w

. Not free. Not even safe.

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ías

or. A trigger. A v

w his name, anyt

wanted to see him. To talk to him. To feel the wei

. And that was more d

with Iván. She didn't even answer his last "Are you there?"

for the police station number on her phone. Her hand

di

quarters, go

Could you transfer me to Officer Elías M? I think he works

other end, barely a few seconds. B

for th

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ers. I saw him recently during an operation, and there was

r hesitated

moment,

rent run down her spine. What if

as no turni

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was the part that