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tense.”
    “Sergio has escaped,” he said. “We transferred him to Fordham County earlier today to await trial, but there was a massive riot in their holding cells. Sergio must have used it to his advantage, because he’s missing. I just found out half an hour ago. I wanted to warn you and Harvey.”
    “This is terrible!” Simone exclaimed. “An escaped convict heading to Milburn!”
    “We’re well prepared for him,” Sean said calmly. “We’re confident he’ll be caught soon. We’re not even sure he is headed back here. The sensible thing for him to do would be to go to a larger city.”
    “But criminals like him are never very sensible, are they?” Bernard asked. “I don’t like this, Sean. I won’t sleep easy until he’s caught.”
    “I won’t sleep at all,” Sean said. “I’m taking an extra shift tonight, so are all my deputies.”
    “You’re a good man, Sean.” Bernard nodded.
    “Did you try calling Harvey?” Nora asked. “He’s the one who tackled Sergio. If Sergio wants revenge, he might stalk Harvey.”
    “I did, but he didn’t pick up his phone either,” Sean said. “That’s one reason I got so worried. Both of you refusing to pick up made me uneasy.”
    “Can we go to his house?” Nora asked. “Please, Sean? I’m nervous.”
    Sean nodded.
    “Do you want us to come as well?” Simone asked.
    “No, you have little Will to think about,” Nora said. “I’m so sorry that dinner was ruined, Simone.”
    “Not a problem,” Simone said. “Message me or call me once you’re sure Harvey is safe, all right? And lock your doors extra tight tonight.”
    “Come on.” Sean held the door of his car open for her, and Nora hopped in. He put on his lights, and reversed out of the driveway. Nora waved goodbye to Simone and Bernard, catching a final glimpse of them speaking animatedly to each other.
    “Did you ever find Tiffany?” Nora asked. “She’s the one who’s in most danger, isn’t she?”  
    “She never showed up at the station,” Sean said. “We’d already arrested Sergio, so we didn’t make much effort to go after her. She was innocent, after all.” He sighed. “I would have done things differently if I’d ever suspected that Sergio could escape.”
    “Do you… do you think he planned it alone?” Nora asked. “The escape?”
    “I think it was just a stroke of luck for him,” Sean said. “He should be back in prison soon. The thing is, he’s made it a lot worse for himself by escaping. If he’d been cooperative, he’d have gotten a lower sentence. After all, the gun was fake.”
    “I was wondering why,” Nora said. “Why couldn’t he just access a real gun?”
    “Sergio’s record shows that he’s committed two felonies before this,” Sean said. “Drug abuse and auto theft. So he may not have been able to buy a real gun.”
    “From legal sources, no,” Nora said. “But surely he had enough criminal “friends” who could help him out.”
    “It doesn’t matter, does it?” Sean said. “What’s important is that no one was hurt. Well, no one has been hurt yet, at least.”
    Trying to calm herself down a little, Nora changed the topic. “How’s Karen?” she asked.
    “Oh, sure, rub that in, why don’t you?” Sean snapped.
    “What?” Nora looked up, shocked.
    “We broke up last week,” he said.
    “Sean, I’m so sorry. I had no idea!” Since Deputy Wallis’ death, Sean and Karen had been a couple. Sean had very passionately told Nora about his love for Karen, and to hear that they’d broken up so soon was a shock. “What happened?” she asked.
    “What always happens,” Sean said, sounding a little bitter. “She wanted different things than I did. She wanted to shift out of Milburn.”
    “I thought she liked it here.”
    “So did I. But she never got over JJ. Despite the way he treated her, she loved him. Despite how well I treated her, in the end, she just didn’t love me enough. So she says that everywhere she looks,