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I’m already out the door, bolting down the stairs.
I think I just found Apostle.
I’m jumping behind the wheel of my GTO down in the garage when my phone goes off.
Una.
Thank. Fucking. God.
“Una, you need to—”
“Hello, Cillian…”
I go stiff. The voice is metallic and rasping, off-kilter and mechanical from the voice changer it’s being spoken through.
“I swear to fucking God,” I snarl. “If you’ve—”
“She’s fine, Mr. Kildare. They’re all just fine.For now.”
All.
Who. The.FUCK. Is. “All”?
Blood roars in my ears, and my jaw clenches so hard it feels like my teeth are about to fucking shatter.
“Listen to me,” I rasp. “Who—”
“If you’d like them to stay fine, I think you know where to find me.”
“I’m on my—”
“Oh, and Cillian?” The voice makes a cold, robotic coughing sound. “Be prepared.”
“For what?”
“To die. Be prepared for everyone responsible for the death of my love to meet their final reckoning at the gates of judgement tonight.”
40
UNA
“Your art collection isincredible, Gail.”
I stare in awe at what is clearly a Warhol original hanging on her living room wall above the mantel.
Gail rolls her eyes. “I know, I know. It’s a bit showy. But, I always loved his work growing up. Something about the madness and the focus behind it. And now?” She shrugs eloquently. “Sometimes, you gotta treat yourself, right?”
“Right,” I grin, taking another sip of the fantastic Bourgogne she opened earlier.
“So…” she frowns. “Finn.”
I take a deep breath. “Yeah. He…had a lot of demons.”
“How was the service?”
I wince, looking away. “There wasn’t one. Or at least, there was a small one at the halfway house he was living at when he died. I…” I swallow back the tears. “I wasn’t there. I was still looking for him when it happened. I actually just found out a few weeks ago that he had even died, I had no idea.”
Gail’s face falls. “Oh my God, honey.” She puts her wine down, moving from her seat in the chair across from me to hug me tightly. “I am so very sorry.”
