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She had opened it when Marcus wanted to drag me out far enough to clean the floor, when they wanted to search me, and when she wanted to prove that access belonged to her.
She never opened it to let me leave.
On the night of the dinner, even that choice had been taken away because Marcus welded the latch after she completed her final check.
The gold key was useless by the time help arrived, but its uselessness did not make her innocent.
It proved how long she had possessed the power to act before Marcus sealed the door permanently.
The case lasted months.
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