I held up a hand.
He hesitated, then nodded once.
“Five minutes. If I don’t hear from you, I call it in.”
She stirred slowly, her eyes red-rimmed and drowsy.
“I’m sorry, ma’am,” she said.
Her breath made thin clouds in the air. “I didn’t mean to… I just needed to rest.
I was looking for someone here.”
“Here? In the cemetery?” I asked, stopping a few feet away from her. “Are you alone, hon?”
“My mom doesn’t live here.
I ran away yesterday.”
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