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She walked over to me and said, “The shots caht have been a Mustang, I don’t know It looked like a Mustang, but it could have been any kind of sports cars with that style body”

Her words sank in and fire sparked inwas coether, and soon I would have a piece of the puzzle

“Thanks,” I said gruffly and walked away before she noticed the half-chub I sported like a goddaer

Chapter Four

Moon

In the days after Jana was shot, I turned into a scared little girl, unable to leave the house beyond going to familiar places and only when necessary I couldn’t walk the fifty yards to my shop because I couldn’t even think about what had happened there, the wreckage left behind But I was a businesswoman and I couldn’t si care of business After a quick glance at the clock on the wall, I calledservice who promised to meet me the day after tomorrow

That ether Centered and Zen enough to walk into my own shop Like a professional

Sleep had been another thing I couldn’t do much of lately Every ti for breath like each one would be her last My hands, coated in her blood Even now I could see it when I washed my hands I could still smell the metallic scent of that much blood So much blood

I couldn’t sleep and I couldn’t stop the guilt that this had happened when she was in , a place where creativity was free to flourish Now, it was so else

“Are we visiting Jana today, Mo behind his black glasses, curious and alert

“Sure, but remember I told you she won’t be awake” I’d been to visit Jana in the hospital at least once a day since this happened but explaining it to Beau was heartbreaking

“She’s in a coht away

“That’s right, but it’s a medically induced coma so that she and the baby can heal faster”

“Do we have to go see Dr Yang?”

I loved ood, perceptive and just incredible But he did not like his regular visits to the lung specialist we’d been seeing for about two years Chronic asth we did to cure it, was as stubborn as I was