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  "See you later, Roland," I said.

  I got up and climbed out of the car and stood there until it disappeared from view. Roland was off to set up his deal, the one I had been waiting for, the one that I'd use to crush him. The whole thing made me feel kind of queasy.

  Greetings were said as I entered the building and soon after, I was alone in my office. Frederic apparently wasn't there, so I assumed he was working out the details with Roland. For the first time since the previous night, I thought about my cell phone. I pulled it out of my purse and set it down on the table. Oh yeah, it was off. I pressed the power button until the indicator lights came on. While I waited, I got on my computer to check my email.

  There were a number of messages from my mom, all with worried subject lines. God, she probably set aside the night to talk with me and panicked when I wasn't there to respond. It was typical for her. But when my cell phone started beeping wildly with incoming text notifications, I realized something was up.

  There were multiple voicemails from her as well. I promptly started listening.

  Marisa, I hope you're okay. I heard what they said on the news about the attack in the city. I just wanted to make sure you're okay. Please call me to let me know you're okay.

  What was she talking about? The next one played.

  Oh, please, Marisa. I've been trying to call you all night and you're not there. They said it was in the downtown area. A bombing. Please call me back!

  Shit, what had happened while I was gone? There was no point in listening to anything else. I needed to call her back immediately before she really had a heart attack. My fingers shook as I dialed the numbers, and it wasn't until the call was going through that I realized I could have just called her from my contacts list. It rang twice and then she picked up.

  "Oh, Marisa! Are you okay?" There was so much desperation in her voice, so much relief as she realized her daughter wasn't dead.

  "Yeah, mom, I'm fine!"

  "I was so worried about you. They said that there was an attack downtown or something."

  "No, I'm just fine. I was just out in a cabin by the lake for the night. I didn't have reception. I didn't mean to scare you. I'm fine."

  She was weeping. I heard her talking to my dad and it really choked me up. Honestly, I had no idea what it felt like to believe that your daughter was dead.

  "They wouldn't...give...the names of the victims," she said. "It was a restaurant." She just kept crying.

  "Mom, it's okay. Do you know what it was called?"

  "Some fancy place," she said. "Le Provence, I think."

  "What, mom?" I asked. She couldn't have said that, right?

  "Le Provence," she said.

  "The Provence?"

  "The news said that, yeah. The Provence. Fancy place. It was bombed. The whole building collapsed."

  The world began spin very quickly. "Mom, I have to go. I'll call you later. I love you." I hung up at once and slammed the phone on my desk. I gagged and tasted vomit in my mouth. Somehow, I got to my feet and charged down the hall to the bathroom. I slammed the door, locked it and proceeded to puke my guts out. Oh my god, I thought. I know what Roland meant now.

  It was me—I had bombed that restaurant. There wasn't an ounce of doubt in my mind. I was a murderer.

  TO BE CONTINUED...

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