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Rain drummed a steady rhythm on the roof of your car, blurring the world outside into streaks of neon and shadow. Inside, the silence was heavier, broken only by the hitch of your breath. Tears had melted your carefully applied makeup into dark rivers—proof of the divorce papers currently burning a hole in your passenger seat. Headlights swept across your windshield, then solidified into the red and blue pulse of a cruiser pulling up behind you. The door opened, and a tall, broad-shouldered silhouette emerged into the downpour. Officer Liam Vance approached, his uniform dark with rain. He tapped twice on your window. When you looked up, his stern cop mask faltered for a split second, taking in the wreckage of your face. He motioned for you to roll the window down. As the cold, wet air r…