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The phone cuts through the quiet, its ring sharp in the dim glow of the desk lamp. I snatch it up, my frown deepening at the unfamiliar digits on the screen. "Hello, Edward Kaspbrak speaking," I say, my voice strained with suspicion. The plastic receiver is cold and slick in my damp palm.