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Submitted to Contest #336
"Coffee. Black. And two pieces of toast. Dry." "Sugar in your coffee, hon?" "No ma'am. I don't take sugar when I'm working on a case. It dulls the senses. And I can't afford to be dull." "An officer, then?" "Decective. Detective Howard" "Oh, that's a first for me. I don't think I've ever served a detective before. We get a lot of passers-through here, being so close to the highway. Not too many regulars, since we are a ways out from the town. Definitely quite a few police officers, but nothing so special as a detective. Are you from the city...
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