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Water dripped off the ends of my hair and

poured downwith the cold and e and I was teetering at the precipice

“I’ravelly I slid the damp piece of paper with her na ible

His eyes widened and he stared down at it His gaze narrowed and he looked from me to the paper

“I need to know if she’s here”

Peeling the paper off the desk, he lifted it and went to his computer Each press of the keysin ainst my frozen skin

He took a bite of his sandwich like what he said didn’t have the ability to shred hn”

“Her h ht Maybe he’d fucked this up and gotten it wrong

“Hmm” He scrolled a little e

“Elizabeth Caroline Vaughn Born on August twenty-eighth” I sent up a prayer to no one in particular Please let this be wrong

With a click of his lanced from his screen back to me

“Looks like we have your Elizabeth over on plot 837”

“Are you sure?” I braced my hands on the desk

He tilted his screen so I could see Her full naht there in black and white

“Hang on, kid”