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personal day. She was upset.”

“I’ll bet she was.”

The phone on his desk rang.

He grabbed it. “Brandon Pierce.” He listened. “Yes, sir. She’s still here.” He looked at me. “He wants to talk to you.”

He held out the phone through the little gap under the glass. The cord stretched tight.

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I took it.

“This is Dorothy Whitaker,” I said.

“Mrs. Whitaker.” A man’s voice. Deep. Older. Out of breath, like he’d been running. “This is Richard Hale. I’m the president of Heartland Bancorp.”

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“Hello, Mr. Hale.”

“Mrs. Whitaker, I