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That wasn’t true.

I had never forgotten.

She caught me staring.

“What?”

“Nothing.”

“That isn’t nothing.”

I picked up the Cabin Nine folder.

“I was just remembering.”

Her expression softened.

“What?”

“How incredible you are.”

For one quiet second, the library disappeared.

The Rangers.

The case.

Eighteen lost years.

All of it.

Then Wolf cleared his throat.

“Did we just lose him?”

Trigger looked at me.

“Completely.”

Judy’s cheeks turned pink.

She reached for the folder.

I pulled it out of reach.

“I’ve got it.”

“I can carry a file.”

“I know.”

“Then why are you carrying it?”

“Because I got to it first.”

She tried not to smile.

She failed.