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"item_title" : "The Last Pickup",
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"item_description" : "The school record says Camille Benton authorized the pickup. She did not. During a storm-darkened dismissal, seventeen-year-old Talia Horne disappears from North Alder High. Within minutes, the system produces a reassuring explanation: Talia needed space, an approved youth program helped her leave, and questioning that choice might cause more harm.But Gate C was blocked. The release time is impossible. And a rain-streaked photograph shows Talia at an exit the official story never mentions. Camille hears how compassionate language is being used to erase a girl's refusal. Her husband Malcolm sees something equally dangerous: separate records that appear to confirm one another only because they inherited the same lie. As their evidence paths converge, every correction forces Talia farther along a hidden chain of safe placements.To bring her home, the Bentons must expose the difference between protection and control-before the last pickup becomes the one no record can contradict.",
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Overview
The school record says Camille Benton authorized the pickup. She did not.
During a storm-darkened dismissal, seventeen-year-old Talia Horne disappears from North Alder High. Within minutes, the system produces a reassuring explanation: Talia needed space, an approved youth program helped her leave, and questioning that choice might cause more harm.But Gate C was blocked. The release time is impossible. And a rain-streaked photograph shows Talia at an exit the official story never mentions. Camille hears how compassionate language is being used to erase a girl's refusal. Her husband Malcolm sees something equally dangerous: separate records that appear to confirm one another only because they inherited the same lie. As their evidence paths converge, every correction forces Talia farther along a hidden chain of "safe" placements.
To bring her home, the Bentons must expose the difference between protection and control-before the last pickup becomes the one no record can contradict.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798192159347
- ISBN-10: 9798192159347
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: August 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.35 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.39 pounds
- Page Count: 140
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