Chapter 2 - The Bullet Was Meant for Renato, but the Little Girl Beneath the Table Saw the Killer's ShoesThe room went dark.
People screamed.
Another gunshot shattered the silence.
Mom pulled me against her.
"Don't move."
I covered my ears.
Renato shouted:
"Nobody fires!"
His men moved through the darkness.
A third shot.
Then silence.
Emergency lights flickered on.
Renato was standing.
Blood covered his shoulder.
"Boss!"
Marco rushed toward him.
"I'm fine."
"You've been shot."
"Find the shooter."
Guards scattered.
I looked beneath the table.
A black shoe was visible near the library door.
The person wearing it wasn't one of Renato's guards.
I remembered the detail immediately.
A thin silver line around the heel.
I whispered:
"Mom."
"What?"
"The killer had a silver line on his shoe."
Renato heard me.
He turned.
"What?"
I repeated it.
He stared.
Then Marco's face changed.
"I know who wears those."
"Who?"
Marco hesitated.
"Adrian Vale."
Renato's oldest adviser.
His father's former secretary.
And one of the few people allowed near Renato's medication.
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Renato's expression became unreadable.
"Bring him to me."
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