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Nobody Reported the Tide

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Marsh decided to drive to Saltcreek himself. Every claim listed the same address: a beach house at the end of Pelican Road. If six dead people all lied about the same house, he wanted to stand in front of it.

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.

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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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