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JOSH

The call came just as I was leaving practice.

"Mr. Saunders?"

"Yeah, this is him." I balanced my duffel on my shoulder, pushing open the car door.

"This is Officer Ruiz with the Austin PD. We have a woman in custody, Vivien, who listed you as her emergency contact."

I stopped mid-motion, gripping the door frame. "What?"

"She was picked up outside a coffee shop after causing a scene. Barista called it in-said she was aggressively confronting a blonde woman, screaming at her." The officer

hesitated. "She's requesting that you come down to the station.'

I clenched my jaw so tight I thought my teeth might crack.

"What does she want from me?"

"She's insisting that you validate her story. That she's not crazy."

I scrubbed a hand down my face. "Jesus Christ."

The drive to the station was a blur of anger and disbelief. I knew Vivien was struggling, but this? It was unhinged. I had a bad feeling in my gut, one that only grew worse when they led me down a hallway toward the holding cells. 0.00%

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here," the officer said, stopping in

her arms folded tightly over her stomach. Her usually perfect raven hair was a mess,

eyes snapped to

bars. "Tell them. Tell them I'm not crazy. That we love each other! That we're supposed to be a family!" Her voice cracked, her hands gripping the cold metal. I exhaled sharply, fighting the heat rising

Don't you see that?" Her voice grew frantic. "You just have to tell them, Josh! Tell them it's not made up!

mean, you worked hard?" My voice

again, her

officer beside me shifted

as I was.

Then Vivien stopped.

dark eyes glistening

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you recognize me?" she

slid

"What?"

escaped her lips. "I was the

tilted for a

No.

No, that wasn't possible.

was there," she continued, her voice eerily calm now. "Of course, you didn't see me, but I was always in the background. Listening to you talk to her while I knew she wasn't really there. She wasn't coming

lurched. "Vivien... what the fuck are

a step closer to the

gave her a little sedation at the beginning. Just to make sure she didn't wake up. But that was only once to twice...I think." She nodded frantically. "Only that one dose almost stopped her breathing, so I didn't do it again," Her voice softened, almost dreamy.

blood turned ice

into fists at my sides, rage boiling under

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voice like

her face slack with

Texas. Sol did the research, found the right school, got the job-" She let

her way into my life. Into my daughter's

had kept Laura in a

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