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He took a breath.
“When officers pulled your husband from the vehicle, the first thing he said wasn’t about the crash.”
My heart started pounding harder.
“What did he say?”
The detective’s eyes darkened.
“He asked if anyone had found the girl yet.”
A chill ran through me.
Because the way he said the girl made it painfully clear that my husband hadn’t said the word daughter.
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