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When my shaking ten-year-old begged me to hurry home, I had no idea a nightmare was waiting. I raced inside to find my husband and child cold and motionless on the living room rug. Paramedics rushed in, but the lead officer grabbed my arm, shaking his head. “Ma’am, this wasn’t an accident…”

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at the motion. “Mommy was at the hospital fixing people. Daddy said… Daddy told me, ‘Don’t tell Mom on the phone, or the launch is canceled. It’s a top-secret mission just for the boys.’”

Miller ceased writing. The pen hovered motionless above the paper. He slowly raised his eyes to meet mine. The heavy, suffocating blanket of suspicion that had smothered continue reading …

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