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Nobody Reported the Tide

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A town deputy blocked the road and said the area was closed for erosion safety. But Marsh saw no erosion — just a fine-looking house and a very nervous cop who wouldn't meet his eyes.

Marsh waited until dark, then walked in past the dunes. He found the deputy on the porch of the 'closed' house, filling out a claim form. The name on it was the deputy's own. 'Mine came up,' the cop said quietly. 'You really shouldn't have seen that.'

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