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Arriving in Kansas City had felt weird. It was like being in a house where you live that isn't your home. Your stuff is there. It's all familiar. But it's not rightit doesn't feel right.

Dr. Cale Ryan picked us up at the airport, which was a surprise. It was very clear to me from the moment we stepped out of the plane why he was there. He had a sparkle in his eyes that he couldn't hide; there was a possibility my sister might be single again. I like Cale, and we joked around a little bit in the car on the way back to headquarters, but I thought it was a little despicable that he was there to hit on my sister when Aaron wasn't dead. Not that it would have been okay if Aaron was dead.

Cale parked outside of the archives building, and we headed inside. The sun was just coming up. I was more than exhausted, but I had a fire inside of me still, the kind that propels a person to keep picking up their feet even when they have absolutely no energy left in their tank.