Thea didn't flinch. She rose slowly, smoothing her dove-gray cardigan, and walked to the door with the deliberate calm of a chess player making the final move.
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Standing on the doorstep was her brother, Mark, red-faced and breathless. Behind him, two police officers. Thea didn't flinch