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>Kinda sneak in.
Lorene tilts her head, observing the police station closely, then shrugs. She heads for the front door. No point to coming up with some super complex plan. If she could get a glance at the map, great, if she couldn’t, it wasn’t worth risking jail time and police suspicion, even if Olivia’s dad could probably get her out anyway.
She opens the door and steps through. The officer on front desk duty looks up. “How can I help ya?” He blinks. “Wait, you’re Olivia’s friend, right? Lorene, was it?” He jabs at the staircase behind him with his thumb. “You can head on up.” He gives a small grin. “Officer Aldridge was kinda worried about the two of you.”
“Thanks.” Lorene heads past the front desk and starts climbing the stairs slowly. Stealth wasn’t really an option at this point, but if she could get a glimpse at that map, then she knew where she would need to go, even if it had to wait.
When she just about reaches the top of the staircase, she slows down. Olivia was sitting on a long bench, leaning back against the wall boredly. Lorene frowns. Of course she had to be right there. Lorene hadn’t been to the police station very often, but she was pretty sure the main workroom for the officers was down the hallway Olivia was currently sitting in. If she wanted to steal a glance at the map, she’d have to run past her, barge into the officer workroom, and hope she could see the map within seconds. Theoretically possible, but perhaps not worth it, considering the hot water she'd probably be in shortly after.
>Accept your fate and just go sit next to Olivia, or take the chance?
