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“I feel numb”

“Looks like an exhibit fell on you I’ on”

“Tell my husband … Robbie … I love Him The key is in the tackle … box”

“You get to tell hi to try to move this junk off you The visibility in here really sucks If anything hurts you, shout out”

Sophie ain

Joe sized up the six-by-six-by-twelve-foot case, which was part es and what looked to be a heavy steel base If he could get a decent angle and a good grip … if he could lift and shove at the sa he couldn’t see underneath the display cabinet … a whole lot of ifs

He at least had to try

He told Sophie what he was going to do on the count of three, and then, hoping to God he could do it, Joe got his ar, bent his knees under the base, and heaved

There was a good deal of creaking and rocking, but the exhibit shifted off the woman’s body and then stabilized Joe was pretty sure Sophie should be able to move if her back wasn’t broken

He asked her, “Sophie, can you roll onto your side so that you’re facing me?”

Joe never got an answer

There was a small blue flash up ahead, like an arc of electricity, followed i heavy struck the back of Joe’s head Sparks flashed in front of his eyes as, weightless, he fell through the dark

CHAPTER 4

I WAS IN a state of high anxiety as I stood upstreaen-lit incident scene

Uniformed copsit off fro down local traffic