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Vaughn examined Addie’s desk “Is this the infamous office mate’s space?” He shifted the phone and moved a stack of sticky notes

“Yes Don’t touch her stuff,” I scolded

“You think she’ll notice if I do this?” He opened the top drawer a fraction of an inch

“Vaughn! She’s super picky about her stuff”

He chuckled “Let me know if she notices”

I tugged on the door “Oh, she’ll notice”

We walked to the car and plugged the address I had for Lana in my phone She lived twenty minutes away

“Thank you for doing all of this” I looked at him as he drove us to the house

“Sweetheart, it’s no big deal”

Maybe it wasn’t a big deal to hihn illing to do for me

“Turn here and it’s on the right” I pointed to the one-story ranch

The sun had just started to set There were long shadows across the driveway I hadn’t pictured where Lana lived She was young and newly married She was also a wohborhood looked like the kind of place people moved to raise families Not the kind of place that was ho

“I think I should go by myself,” I explained “It’s a very sensitive case”

“I get it Confidentiality I won’t ask any questions, but if you need ht here”

I appreciated that Vaughn understood e me to reveal Lana’s name or why her deposition on Monday was so important I yanked the door handle and walked to the front of the house There were geraniu with a few pumpkins I pressed the doorbell The chimes echoed like church bells I waited for Lana to answer