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Lila: I’m sorry, a what?

Serena: A prosthetic. It has a serial number.

Calla: Why was that just… in the car?

Serena: She thought it was a car part.

Lila: I am going to need you to repeat that.

Serena: It matches Casey’s medical records. The serial number.

Calla: Are you sure?

Serena: Yes.

Lila: Oh my God.

Calla: Hey. Okay.

Lila: I’m so sorry.

Calla: I know you’ve been expecting something like this, but that doesn’t make it easier.

Serena: No.

Lila: Are you alone right now?

Serena: I’m fine.

Lila: You cannot possibly be fine.

Serena: I’m functional.

Calla: That is not the same thing.

Lila: Why was it in her car?

Serena: She found it near the arrest site. She thought it was a car part.

Calla: Serena.

Lila: That doesn’t feel right.

Serena: It’s a small department. Things get missed.

Calla: A whole prosthetic knee does not get missed.

Lila: Especially not from a potential homicide.

Serena: It wasn’t logged as evidence because she didn’t know what it was.

Calla: That is still a problem.

Lila: A big one.

Lila: I’m not saying she did anything wrong on purpose.

Lila: But that’s not nothing.