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The Confession Loop
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Instead of saving Elias, Mara decides to catch the killer in the act. She slips into the alley behind the laundromat and waits in the shadows, gun drawn, watching the back stairs for whoever comes to do the deed.
A second cop, Reyes from her own precinct, slips up the stairs. Mara almost calls out, relieved. Then she sees the syringe in his gloved hand and the way he tests the door. Her own partner is the killer. She raises her gun.
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Mara shoots Reyes in the leg before he reaches the door. He goes down cursing, syringe rolling away. She cuffs him to the stair rail. 'Why him?' she demands. Reyes laughs. 'Because Voss saw what you did, Mara. You just don't remember yet.' The clock reads 11:58.
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