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"I shotI hadn't even looked to see if she was still alive, if she had been carted away in an ambulance too

"Miss Moreno clearly acted tonight in self-defense," Bishop interjected

"Yeah, we get it She did nothing wrong You are going to make sure that everyone knows that We've done this dance more than a few times before, Blake Can we dispense of the formalities?" Lloyd asked

"I'm afraid that the formalities are paramount in situations such as this, Detective," Bishop insisted

"Fine Let's get on with it," Lloyd said, sighing

My brain felt foggy, thick and hard to pull any coherent thoughts out of the ooze I think I explained about Luca forgetting his phone, aboutback, trying to deescalate the situation

And then Celenia pulled a gun

And Luca and I took turns trying to protect each other

The rest, I trailed off, waving a hand around—they could see for themselves

There was a clicking sound, drawing all our attention to the side where atched another stretcher being led out of the back of an around, getting a head shake from the female officer

Bishop and Lloyd looked back at me, both their eyes a mask of concern as the truth settled on me

I had killed her

I killed my sister

It felt like the ground was pulled out fro

And then, I guess, I actually was, because Bishop's arrabbed me, steadied me