Crime, Power and Consequences
Crime & Justice · fiction

The Number That Could Ring Again

At 2:07 in the morning, my phone rang. I almost ignored it. There are certain hours when a ringing phone never brings anything good. Midnight is bad. One in the morning is worse. But two in the morning belongs to emergencies, police officers, hospitals, and people whose lives have just split into a before and an after. I knew that because mine...

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Genre
Crime & Justice
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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Crime, Power and Consequences

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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