Chapter 2 - Dominic Reads Chloe’s Three Words
Dominic opened the check presenter.
His eyes dropped.
GUNMAN BEHIND YOU.
Nothing changed in his face.
That frightened Chloe more than panic would have.
Dominic lifted his wine.
“Chloe.”
“Yes?”
“Drop the tray.”
She stared at him.
“Now.”
The silver tray hit the floor.
Every head turned.
So did the man in the green jacket.
Dominic moved.
He slid sideways behind the brick column as Leo spun from the bar.
The gunman rose.
People screamed.
A muffled shot punched into the booth where Dominic had been sitting.
Leo tackled the shooter before he could fire again.
Tables overturned.
Glass shattered.
Customers ran toward the kitchen.
Chloe froze.
Then Dominic grabbed her wrist and pulled her behind the column.
“Stay down.”
The gunman fought Leo with desperate strength.
Then something small fell from his jacket.
A photograph.
It slid across the floor and stopped near Chloe’s shoe.
She looked down.
Her blood went cold.
The photograph was not Dominic.
It was Chloe.
Leaving Massachusetts General Hospital three months earlier.
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On the back, someone had written:
BENNETT GIRL — CONFIRM BEFORE CLEANUP.
