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The Crowd Knows Nothing

In the middle of a crowded Saturday market, a man in a tailored jacket has his wife's wrist locked in a grip that looks like affection from ten feet away — but you are only three feet away, and you can see her knuckles going white. He leans in and whispers something that drains the color from her face, then straightens up and smiles at the passing crowd like nothing happened. You reach for the badge in your jacket pocket, and his eyes find yours — cold, measuring, already building the lie.