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This tiny fragment feels like a cutaway into secrecy, suggesting hidden duration and back-room time.

With so little text, the line works almost like a stage direction or splice. `in a back room` opens a private space, while `Weeks...` stretches that space into elapsed time and unfinished consequence.

A single phrase, `in a back room, Weeks...` closes the police scene by dissolving time rather than resolving the plot.