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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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in here," the officer said, stopping in

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

Her red-rimmed eyes snapped to mine, her face crumpling into

them I'm not crazy. That we love each other! That we're supposed to be a family!" Her voice cracked,

her whole body shaking. "I worked so hard for us. Don't you see that?" Her voice grew frantic. "You just have to tell them, Josh! Tell them it's not made up! That

worked hard?"

started pacing again,

beside me shifted uncomfortably,

as I was.

Then Vivien stopped.

head, her dark eyes glistening with

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recognize

slid

"What?"

A breathy laugh escaped her lips. "I

tilted for

No.

No, that wasn't possible.

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

stomach lurched. "Vivien... what

a step closer to the bars, a twisted

wake up. But that was only once to twice...I think." She nodded frantically. "Only that one dose almost stopped her breathing, so I

turned

fists at my

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hard, my voice like gravel. "You

lips parted, her face slack

whispered, ignoring my question. "I heard you tell your sister you were thinking about moving to Texas. Sol did the research, found the right school, got the job-" She let out a small, breathy laugh. "It was

her way into my life. Into my daughter's

kept Laura