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“Oh Dallas Raintree”

The woe computer, waited a few ins at three and ends at four” She pointed one stub-nailed finger down the hall “Second door on your right”

“Th-thank you” Vivi Ann began the long, sloalk to the jail When she got there, another receptionist aiting for her

“Name?”

“Dallas Raintree”

“Not the inmate’s Yours”

“Vivi Ann Grey Raintree”

“Identification, please”

Vivi Ann’s hands were shaking as she opened her purse and extracted her driver’s license fros in a logbook, and handed it back

“Fill out this form”

As she stood there, Vivi Ann heard people co a line of sorts It forced her to write faster “Here you go,” she said, handing the sheet back to the receptionist

“Over there,” the receptionist said, tilting her chin without looking up “Put all your personal iteum, keys, et cetera The metal detector is at the end of the hallway Next”

Vivi Ann walked down the quiet corridor At the end of the steel-gray lockers, she stowed her purse, and then headed toward the uard stood by the entrance, with his booted feet planted apart and his arun on each hip

She handed hih the detector Since she’d never flown anywhere, this was the first tih one of these devices and she wasn’t quite sure how it should be done Slowlyalarear She looked around; now there were three unifor on me”

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