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“I’m aware of where the backpack has been.”

“Are you?”

Sage smiles.

Sheriff Cruz shakes her head.

“I’ll clear the substation.”

She turns away.

“Sheriff.”

Cruz stops.

“Nobody knows why we’re going there.”

“I understand security.”

“I’m sure you do.”

She looks back at me.

“If you question every decision I make, this is going to be a very long day.”

“It was already going to be a long day.”

She mutters something in Spanish and walks away.

Hayley comes into the room.

“What happens now?”

“We examine the backpack.”

“I’m coming.”

“No.”

Her eyebrows rise.

I reconsider.

“You stay beside me.”

“That sounds better.”

Sage reaches for the backpack.

Will picks it up first.

“I can carry my own bag.”

“I know.”

“Then give it to me.”

“No.”