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The paramedics check the body while I sit in one of the police cars with the door open, so I can hear everything. As I watch them, and they turn the dead man over, my stomach clenches.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmVtd7LBno
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Oh God, I know that face, even though it's bruised and bloody.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBHidIRjyD
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"That's—"441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWq99ZKDXv
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"Who is this, Miss Turner?" one of the paramedics asks. I don't remember giving him my last name. "He doesn't have any ID on him."441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GQKhP5XAT
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"His name is Mr. Grey," I whisper.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthia84mGBN
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What was he doing out here?441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcQXEdpp2b
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"You know him?" the detective standing next to me asks. He's next to his car—next to me—and has a notepad out, even though he's shivers and there's barely enough light to write.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTuyjrnzLA
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"He is—was—my History teacher," I say, my voice far away.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKkgEYoVSz
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"We'll need you to come down to the station," he tells me.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowdVtMP7Tx
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Okay, I say, only I don't. I just nod.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkauFvmQvhb
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The paramedics load My. Grey, and then they're gone, the red lights fading into the cold, terrible night.
