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"Alexander, I have an update," Detective Marcus said, the sound of his voice crackling through the phone, the seriusness of his tone a prologue to the weight of the news he was about to deliver. "We figured out the phone used to contact the kidnappers."

Alexander's hand tightened on the phone as he traversed the expanse of his study. "And?"

"It was a burner phone. Disposable