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Charlie laughs at that
We pull in to the police station and Landon finds a parking spot Before he turns off the car, Charlie says, "Just to be clear, what do I need to say? That I’o in with you," I tell her "The note said everyone thought you wereand that I was suspected in your disappearance If we go in together, they’ll have no reason to pursue anything further"
She gets out of the car, and as we’re walking into the police station, she says, "Why don’t we just tell the?"
I pause with my hand on the door "Because, Charlie We specifically warned ourselves in the notes not to do that I’d rather trust the versions of ourselves we don’t remember than trust people who don’t know us at all"
She nods "Good point, " she says She pauses and cocks her head to the side "I wonder if you’re smart"
Her comment makes me chuckle
There’s no one in the lobby area alk in I approach a glassThere’s no one behind the desk, but there’s a speaker, so I press the button next to it, hearing it crackle to life
"Hello?" I ask "Anyone here?"
"Co!" I hear a woman yell A few seconds later, she appears behind the desk Her eyes grow alarmed when she sees Charlie andher hands together nervously "Yeah," she says "I’m here for my stuff A backpack?"
The woman stares at Charlie for a few seconds and her eyes drop to Charlie’s hands The way Charlie is standingThe woo see what she can do, and she disappears around the desk again
"Try to relax," I whisper to Charlie "Don’t make it look like I forced you to do this They’re already suspicious of me"
Charlie folds her hands over her chest, nods, and then brings her thuins to bite the pad of it "I don’t kno to look relaxed," she says "I’m not relaxed I’m confused as hell"
The woman doesn’t return, but a door to our left opens and a uniformed officer appears in the doorway He looks over at Charlie and then me He motions for us to follow him
He walks into an office and proceeds to sit behind his desk He nods at the two chairs opposite him, so we both take a seat He doesn’t look at all pleased when he leans forward and clears his throat