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“I mean no offense Miss Castle, but I was simply doing my job. Now I ask you to continue.” “Marisa continued to tell me that Stephan was taking me out to his car. She had asked him what he was doing, he said he was helping me get home. She asked if she could come along since her date had left with another girl. She continued to tell me that Stephen’s best friend Alexander Sosa had gotten in the car after her. She said she had seen Alexander begin to act drunk and ended up falling asleep in her lap. Stephen ended up driving past her house and much to her surprise the back doors had child safety on them when she had tried to open the door. We arrived at Stephen’s house, and Alexander was suddenly awake and completely coherent. That’s when everything

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