Page 69 of Faron
He leaned forward. “She saw something. Five years ago. Something she wasn’t supposed to.”
Aponi walked into the room.
“He said, You saw something you weren’t supposed to see.”
“I didn’t see anything,” Aponi said, frowning. “What was I supposed to see?”
“You won’t remember it.I’m sure you never even saw it, and if you did, you didn’t realize what you were seeing.” Knox said. But I’m not the only one looking for her,” He said. I was just supposed totag her. Someone else is coming to finish it.”
He licked blood from his lip. “You’re out of time.”
Aponi stepped closer again, her voice ice.
“What was I supposed to see?”
He just smiled.
“That’s when I hit him.”
Just once—jaw to cheekbone. He slumped, dazed but still conscious.
I looked over at Aponi. “You believe him?”
Her mouth was tight. “I believe someone wants me dead bad enough to wake this piece of shit from the grave.”
I nodded slowly. “Then we don’t wait.”
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Icouldn’t sleep.
Every time I closed my eyes, the smoke came back. This smoke was from five years ago.
Fromhim.
I closedmy eyes for only a few minutes. I was back in that warehouse.
Dim light filtering through shattered windows.
My gun drawn, heartbeat pounding in my ears.
Caleb shouting something. I don’t remember what.
Then—
A scream.
Not mine.
Female.
Younger.
That part always stuck with me. I thought it was in my head. Shock. Imagination.
But it wasn’t.
