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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.
At 11:52 a figure in a gray coat climbs the back stairs, moving like they've done it a hundred times. Mara steps out. 'Police! Hands!' The figure freezes, then slowly turns. The face under the hood makes her stomach drop. It's her own.
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The other Mara smiles sadly. 'You always get here eventually,' she says. 'I'm you from loop one hundred. I kill him to reset it, because the alternative is worse.' She won't say what. Mara has one second to choose: trust herself, or stop herself.
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Amara Okafor
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