Chapter 10 - Chloe Was Never Randomly Hired
The Brass Lantern owner, Patrick Callahan, asked to speak with Chloe.
He confessed something she never expected.
Her hiring had not been random.
Three months earlier, Elaine called him from the hospital.
Patrick owed Antonio Moretti an old favor.
Elaine asked him to give Chloe steady work after she died.
No special treatment.
No explanation.
Just work.
Chloe felt betrayed.
“Everyone was arranging my life behind my back.”
Patrick lowered his eyes.
“Your mother was scared you’d drown in hospital debt.”
Then he revealed something worse.
Victor had visited the restaurant two weeks before the shooting.
He asked whether Chloe worked Tuesdays.
Patrick thought Victor wanted to check on Elaine’s daughter.
Now he understood.
The gunman had known Chloe’s schedule because someone had supplied it.
Chloe had believed she happened to be standing near Dominic when danger
arrived.
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In reality, the danger may have entered because both of them were in the
same room.
