The Last Witness

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Rain hammered the roof of the old train station like a war drum. Inside, the flickering fluorescent lights barely held back the shadows. Detective Elise Voss stood alone on the platform, staring at the tracks. No train. No passengers. Just silence and a growing sense of dread.Three days ago, Daniel Whitlock, a whistleblower from a corrupt biotech firm, disappeared. Last seen boarding a 9:45 PM train from Norbridge to Camden. But security footage showed something impossible—Daniel boarding... and then vanishing. Mid-ride. No stops. No tampering. He was there one frame and gone the next.“This doesn’t make sense,” Elise muttered, flipping