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THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDERrelease.At that moment, there is a rasp at the door. Curiosity prevailsover me, weakening the anger.“Open up. This is the police. Open up,” they bark throughthe door.I reach for the cold, hard knob, my fingers twisting aroundit. The door continues to shake crazily as the policemen’s fistscrash into the wood. My heart is rising in my throat, blockingoff my air, as blood surges to my fingertips. It holds there andthey become heavy.“Open up now!”I open the door.The two men before me now are stern-faced, tall and broadat their shoulders. They take deep heaving breaths as our eyesmeet, reminding me of strong ox. They’re clad in full black andwhite uniforms, caps beading forward in judgement.One produces his credentials, a bound leather wallet that hewaves quickly across my eye-line and stuffs back into his pocket.His companion remains picturesque with his arms forward andhis jaws snapped shut.The first maintains eye contact with me for a little longer andswallows a mouthful of air: “are you Abigail Ellen?” The wordsare punishing, as if miniature darts are laced into his saliva.My heart races at the thought of answering and my palmsquickly turn sticky. I begin to stutter incoherent nonsense thatsimply sounds like I’m a savage attempting to learn to speak ina seconds’ deadline.“Are you Abigail Ellen?” He repeats himself, harsher now.“Yes,” I finally manage to push forward.“Miss, we’re going to need you to accompany us down to thestation now. As of this moment, you are now under arrest on4
CHAPTER 1suspicion of murder.”He continues, entering into the Miranda rights of my rightto remain silent and my right to representation by a lawyer.But all I hear is the pulse in my brain, thundering against mytemples like spots about to burst.5
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