“I saw him, Gary. They made me go down and identify his body.” “Jesus, God. I’m sorry. That must have been awful.” “It was.” “There are things—” He broke off. There was a brief stretch of silence before he went on. “Look, I’m not trying to be a bastard or anything. Stephen was a friend. But there are things we’re going to need to talk about. Details.” “The medical examiner has to finish up before they can release Stephen’s body. They didn’t think it would be more than a few days. I suppose I could—” There was an awkward clearing of his throat as Gary cut her off. “I wasn’t talking about
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