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barely breathing. “She’s still in the apartment.”

Part 2

For one second, nobody moved.

The music from the school speakers kept playing, something cheerful and childish that suddenly sounded obscene. A boy near the snack table held a cup of hibiscus water halfway to his mouth. Two mothers lowered their phones. Teacher Lupita had gone so pale that the continue reading …