Chapter 3 - The Gunman Was Watching Chloe
Boston police arrived within minutes.
The shooter survived the struggle and was taken into custody.
Dominic did not interfere.
He gave officers the receipt Chloe had written on.
He told them she had warned him.
Then he watched Chloe hand over the photograph.
“You know why someone has this?”
“No.”
That was true.
Mostly.
Chloe had felt watched after her mother died.
A gray sedan near her apartment.
A man outside the hospital billing office.
A hang-up call at 2:00 a.m.
She had blamed grief.
Dominic did not.
“Who was your mother?”
“Elaine Bennett.”
His expression changed.
“What?”
Chloe stared at him.
“You knew her?”
Dominic looked toward Leo.
Leo’s face had gone hard.
Dominic answered carefully.
“I knew the name.”
Before Chloe could ask more, an officer approached.
The gunman carried no wallet.
No phone.
But inside his coat they found two photographs.
One of Dominic entering The Brass Lantern.
One of Chloe.
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The assassination attempt suddenly had two possible targets.
And Chloe no longer knew which one she had actually saved.
