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I’ve hurried up the steps to the student building and auard at the entrance He nods and allows ent Lancaster seemed just fine, Eva Why, do you nant "No! He’s so not ht and listens to podcasts about the rise of the Aryan Nation while polishing his gun"

"I think you’re being a little hard on hih the crowds of students to the elevator, "but whatever What’s the news on the autopsy?"

"Oh," Eva says "So I told the chief what you said to ht before she died Even if we put a rush on the tox screens, it will still be a few days before we get the results--better than a feeeks, though Hey, what’d you hear about the trash fro?"

"I don’t know yet, I’ve been away fro, I’ll let you know"

"Okay Anyway, they looked a little closer at your vic during the postmortem because of your info and also, I’ll be honest, because of all the pressure they were getting frouess what they found"

I’ve pressed the up button for the elevator "I have no idea"

"Nothing No sign of sexual assault, no sign of overdose, no sign of obvious trau, which the chief wouldn’t even really have looked for if you hadn’t said anything"

"Really? What?"

"Teeth iuess where Inside the victim’s upper lip"

I stand in front of the elevator bank, pressing my smartphone as hard as I can to my ear, since it’s difficult to hear with all the noise from the students The Gottlieb Student Center, in addition to being an architectural blight on the south side of Washington Square, houses overn center that offers selections fro,it one of the campus’s most popular eateries This is why the student center is always packed and why the wait for an elevator can so as the wait for an elevator in Fischer Hall

I can tell that Eva is expecting some kind of reaction from me, but I have no idea what, since I don’t understand what she’s talking about Tooth imprints inside the victim’s upper lip? How could someone die from that?

"I don’t understand," I finally adests she believes I’m a little slow "Jasmine didn’t die of an asths up, but we’re listing the roup of musical theater students nearby ic to Do" fro extreer ina lot, almost exclusively in woth holds a hand over the victi If they hold it there hard enough, it can cause lacerations inside the victiled to open herto breathe"

The elevator doors slide open in front ofout I’m buffeted by the tide, but can’t move out of the way because I’m too stunned by what I’ve just heard Behindthat they’ve got ht," Eva says "Jasmine was suffocated to death"