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THE TRUTH

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THE TRUTH

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.

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“She’s in here,” the officer said, stopping in front of the cell.

stomach. Her usually perfect raven

she froze. Her red–rimmed eyes snapped to mine, her face

lunged forward, stopping just short of the 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

heat rising in my chest. “Vivien, what the

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!

thick silence stretched

hard?” My voice was

again,

beside me shifted uncomfortably, just as confused

as I was.

Then Vivien stopped.

lifted her head, her dark eyes glistening with

you recognize me?” she

chill slid down my

“What?”

there.” A breathy laugh escaped her lips. “I was the nurse.”

tilted for a second.

No.

that wasn’t

the background. Listening to you talk to her while I knew she wasn’t really there.

“Vivien… what the fuck are

step closer to the bars, a

memory. “Sure, sure… I gave her a little sedation at the beginning. Just to make sure she didn’t wake up. But that was only once to

turned ice cold.

my sides, rage boiling under my skin.

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I swallowed hard, my voice like gravel. “You drugged

her face

my question. “I heard you tell your sister you were thinking about moving to Texas. Sol did the research, found

Perfect.

had stalked me. Manipulated her way into my life. Into

had kept Laura in

like a live wire. I forced myself to stay still, to