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Jake and Cavers shared a look

I kneas on that poster And I kneould send Ash into a tailspin

Determination flashed in her eyes and she rolled her shoulders back Her voice got hard “Show me”

I could see it on the passenger seat, and after scrutinizing her, the cop holstered his gun and reached for the paper He offered it to her

She stared at it, her head bent down

She was so still

Jake had locked on her Cavers frowned in his direction, but to no avail

Jake moved forward a step “That someone you know?”

Ash didn’t answer him

She looked up, her eyes flicking past the cop to“Can I keep this? Do you have copies?”

“Ma’aentle now He nodded to the paper “Is that you?”

She looked at it again, and I didn’t like the look in her eyes, or the way her jaw see around She shook her head “No”

“Beg your pardon, ma’am, but…” If he could’ve lowered a hat out of respect, folded it to his chest, he would’ve His hand ers curled around it “You could be the girl’s doppelganger I’ll need to ask for your identification”

Ash reached for her pocket and handed over a license It would’ve been a fake I watched as the cop added a sticker to the front before handing it back His move was smooth and practiced He’d been prepared—that sticker was on the inside of his wrist Jake and Cavers wouldn’t have noticed anything

Ash looked at the sticker and without a beat said, “I’m sorry, sir, but we don’t have any water here”

The cop’s shoulders tensed He grasped the car door tightly His voice dropped low “Are you sure, ma’am?”

She raised the poster again “Can I keep this?”

He scratched the back of his head “Don’t knohy you’d want it if it’s not you”