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... The color drained from her face. For a second, she looked like she’d seen something that shouldn’t exist.

All it took was one quiet sentence from me. Soft. Precise. And she unraveled.

She stood frozen, eyes darting, breath uneven. I could almost feel the panic rolling off her, sharp and sour in the air. After a few seconds, she forced herself to speak.

"Ms. Ashbourne," she said, trying to sound calm. Failing. "What kind of joke is this? Why would I withdraw from the comp ...

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