Brake line damage inconsistent with ordinary wear.
Below that, handwritten in faded blue ink:
Customer advised vehicle may have been tampered with.
A coldness spread through my chest so quickly it felt physical.
“What is this?” I whispered.
Emily swallowed hard.
“That’s what I asked too.”
I looked up at her.
She seemed suddenly younger and older at the same time. Twenty-five years old sitting across from me, but with the same frightened eyes she had in the hospital all those years ago.
“The police never told you?” she asked.
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