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1. The Midnight Arrival<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Arizona heat had finally surrendered to the cool, dry desert night. It was 1:00 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had spent more than two decades wearing a badge for the Phoenix Police Department, working as a senior detective in the Violent Crimes unit. I had seen the absolute worst of humanity. I had stood over bodies in alleys, processed gruesome domestic homicide scenes, and sat across interrogation tables from men with eyes as dead as river stones. I thought my career had hardened me. I thought I had built a psychological callous thick enough to withstand any horror the world could throw at me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. The Midnight Arrival The Arizona heat had finally surrendered to the cool, dry desert night. It was 1:00 a.m. I had spent more than two decades wearing a badge for the Phoenix Police Department, working as a senior detective in the Violent Crimes unit. I had seen the absolute worst of humanity. I had…<\/p>\n

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