On the screen was a text message from someone named \u201cKyle \u2013 Cousin\u201d:<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you hidden the goods well? Be careful, if the dog sniffs it out, you\u2019ll di.e.\u201d<\/p>\n
I put down the phone, my hands shaking.<\/p>\n
It turned out that Max wasn\u2019t \u201ccrazy\u201d. He was trying to protect me.<\/p>\n
That night, I pretended not to know anything and cooked dinner as usual.<\/p>\n
When Mark was fast asleep, I called the police.\nThey told me to calm down and open the door so they could break in.<\/p>\n
Around midnight, sirens blared outside.<\/p>\n
Headlights lit up the living room.\nMark jumped up, panicked:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s going on?!\u201d<\/p>\n
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On the screen was a text message from someone named \u201cKyle \u2013 Cousin\u201d: \u201cHave you hidden the goods well? Be careful, if the dog sniffs it out, you\u2019ll di.e.\u201d I put down the phone, my hands shaking. It turned out that Max wasn\u2019t \u201ccrazy\u201d. He was trying to protect me. That night, I pretended not…<\/p>\n
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