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MAGIC HOUR,

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JULIA STOOD in front of the full lengthherself with a critical eye She wore a charcoal gray pantsuit and a pale pink silk blouse Her blonde hair was coiled back in a French twist—the way she alore it when she saw patients Not that she had a lot of patients left The tragedy in Silverwood had cost her at least seventy percent of them Thankfully there had been those who still trusted her, and she would never let them down

She grabbed her briefcase and went down to her garage, where her steel blue Toyota Prius Hybrid waited The garage door opened, revealing the empty street outside

On this war, there were no reporters out there waiting for her, clustered together and yet apart, s

Of course not

She was no long

er part of the story

She was thankful for that Even the crowded traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway couldn’t dihtmares, she was headed down the road to her real life It took her more than an hour to reach the s that she’d leased for more than seven years

She parked in her spot and went inside, closing the door quietly behind her On the second floor, she paused outside her office, looking at the sterling silver plaque on the door

DR JULIA CATES

She pressed the intercom button

“Dr Cates’s office,” cah the speaker “May I help you?”