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AFTER A LONG, RESTLESS NIGHT, Gunner started the next day with a 7 a.m. phone call to Harbor UCLA to check on Zina Curry. He was due to pick up the girl’s grandparents from the airport in a little over two hours and was praying he could greet them with the news she was still alive.

The nurse who answered the phone put him on hold for several minutes, a stretch of deadly silence he used to brace himself for the worst, but the word he ultimately received was all good. Zina had indeed survived the night. She had yet to regain consciousness but had suffered no setbacks, and her vital signs—for now, at least—were stable.

Encouraged, Gunner next placed a call to Jeff Luckman, seeking status of the LAPD’s investigation into the murder-suicide his cousin had allegedly committed. This time, precisely what he thought might happen did: he was forced to leave Luckman a message when his call went straight through to voicemail. He knew Daniel Curry wouldn’t like it, his having nothing new to report from the police, but Gunner figured that was soon to be Luckman’s problem, not his.