license. Then I slowly raised my eyes and locked onto Vance’s gaze with a level of cold, clinical detachment that made him physically flinch.
“That is a beautifully constructed narrative, Detective Vance,” I said softly, the silence of the room amplifying every single syllable.
“It’s compelling. It’s neat. But structurally, it is a catastrophic failure. You don’t have a hit-and-run case sitting in front of you. You have a massive coordinated conspiracy to commit perjury, frame an innocent civilian, and obstruct a federal investigation.”
Vance scoffed, shaking his head.
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