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expecting it to be a wrong number. But tonight was anything but a normal night, and she got a feeling the call was important.
    “Hello?”
    Noreen was hysterical. “Missy?”
    “Nor, are you okay?”
    “No.” She laughed but the laugh was full of despair. “I’m not okay.”
    Noreen started crying.
    Missy was already getting out of bed. “Nor, I’ll be right there.”
    “No…hours…right now.”
    Her words had been garbled through her hysterical crying. “What did you say? Noreen, calm down for a sec and tell me what’s wrong.”
    Noreen needed a moment to pull herself together. When she spoke, her voice was clear as a bell. “There are no visiting hours right now.”
    Missy’s heart sank. She knew what this meant.
    Noreen forced a laugh. “You’re my one phone call, Missy.”
    “Oh my God, Noreen. This can’t be happening.”
    “It’s happening.” She started crying again. “I need your help, Miss. They think I did this.”
    Missy felt horrible about equivocating with Noreen earlier. Of course she was going to help. She’d do anything for her best friend.
    “Noreen, we’re going to get through this. I promise.”
    “Thank you, Missy.” She sad-laughed again and it broke Missy’s heart.
    “First thing in the morning, I’m going to talk to Len Greenberg,” Missy said. “He’ll have you out of there in no time.”
    “Okay.” Noreen was breathing heavily now and sounded like she was hyperventilating.
    “Nor, take it easy, take it easy. Take a long, slow breath, okay?”
    “Okay.”
    Missy sat back down on the bed. Cody picked her head up and looked sullenly at her. The dog always could tell her moods and knew whenever something was wrong.
    “Missy.” Noreen’s voice was calm again. “I did not do this.”
    “Don’t worry,” Missy said, making up her mind. With Noreen officially arrested, she couldn’t sit on this information that Trudy had shared. “I think I can get you out of there fast. Is Tyler right there?”
    “No.”
    Missy cursed silently. “Is he at the station?”
    “They processed me an hour ago, and that was the last time I saw him…I really don’t know where he is.”
    Missy thought about it. She could just call him directly. It was probably safer that way.
    “Okay, Nor. Listen to me. I’m going to call him right now, okay?”
    “Okay.”
    “And even if that doesn’t work out, I’ll still be there tomorrow with Len Greenberg, okay?”
    “Miss, I didn’t do this.”
    “I know, Nor. I know.”
    “Missy, I don’t know what to say…I’m so scared.”
    “Me too. But we’re going to get through this.”
    Missy told Noreen to be strong and try to get some sleep, promising her tomorrow would look a lot different. It was 3:30AM by the time she got off with Noreen, which really wasn’t a great time to call somebody but Missy figured that Tyler was still up. He’d just arrested Noreen, so he was probably at the station, filling out the endless paperwork she’d heard police complain of all the time.
    She scrolled through her contacts and thumbed the phone icon next to his number.
    It rang a few times before a woman answered in a sleepy voice. “Hello?”
    Missy was thrown off by the voice. Who was this?
    “Hello, I’m calling to speak to Tyler.”
    “Who is this?” The voice was instantly suspicious.
    “This is Missy DeMeanor.”
    There was a pause. “I’ve heard about you.”
    Then Missy put it together. It had to be Tyler’s ex-wife, Jill. They were estranged but trying to work out their marriage. From what Missy had heard, Jill still lived near Philadelphia, where Tyler had worked as a detective until recently. When he’d moved back here, it had been alone. Missy knew they were working things out, but she hadn’t known Jill was in town.
    “I’ve heard about you too,” Missy said, which was only half-true. She’d heard about Jill from everybody except Tyler. In the few conversations they’d had over the last six months, Tyler had mentioned