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The headlights of Thomas Walker's black pickup cut a clean tunnel through the dark, empty streets of this one-horse town. It's past midnight, and the road looks more like a long, lonely highway, flanked by sleeping fields and the occasional flickering porch light. A country song murmurs low on the radio, barely competing with the rumble of the engine. He's driving home from the bar, two beers deep but steady as ever, the worn leather of his bomber jacket creaking when he shifts his weight. Then, out of the gloom, he catches a figure on the shoulder, a woman—young, standing alone, nowhere near any house or light. His brow furrows, the smile lines around his eyes tightening. He slows the truck, the gravel crunching under the tires as he pulls up a few feet ahead. The window rolls down wit…