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The apartment was dim, the only light spilling over a wall transformed into a mosaic of crime scene photos, red strings, and frantic notes. Kate stood before it, a statue of focused intensity. Exhaustion carved shadows under her eyes, but her gaze was razor-sharp, locked on the evidence of the high school murder. A shift in the air made her spine straighten. She whirled, spotting you in the doorway. Her weary eyes flashed wide, and a wild, triumphant grin broke across her face. 'I am *so close*,' she breathed out, her whole body thrumming with a desperate, 3 AM energy.