"Did you hear about the robbery at Groceries?"
"Yes. How terrible! I heard that the shop assistant died in it."
"Strangled, I believe. They said there were no injuries that broke the skin."
"Don't be silly! We would have heard that. No, I think she was shot, and they don't want to admit that there are people who can access guns and murder an innocent mother."
"Eric, you mustn't talk like that! Besides, we'd have heard a gunshot, surely?"
"Where were you last night? Was... was it you?"
"I think it must have been Rissan. You know how desperate that family are."
"Her husband, maybe?"
"No, he's long dead. I reckon it was her ex-lover. Malicious."
"Don't be ridiculous, why would he ever need sanitary items?"
"How are the children?"
"Who did this?"
"How?"
"Oh, don't you worry, Hanna, they'll be caught. We know how... thorough they are when stock is taken."
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Josefine
Ficção CientíficaJosefine Belda Martara and her cousin Beatrix live in a world in which stock is worth more than any human life. Seffy, a cold-blooded murderer, couldn't really care less, but when she finds herself caught up in the biggest event of the century, she...
