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“I’m fine, why?”
He gapes at me. “Your… ear…”
I put my hand to the side of my head, suddenly aware of a painful stinging. My fingers come back red and slippery.
When I look at my reflection in the window next to me, I discover that there’s a hole in my left ear.
“Do you want me to take you to a hospital?” asks the driver, still staring.
I grimace. “No. Same location.”
“Are… are you sure? That looks pretty bad.”
“It’s nothing. I was going through the park, must have snagged it on a branch. You keep gauze in your glovebox or anything? Ibuprofen?”
“Sir, this is an Uber, not an ambulance.”
I resist the urge to swear. Now that I’m aware of it, the hole Colin Maroney just shot in my ear is killing me. “Okay, change of plan. Can you take me to the nearest drugstore?”
Chapter Fifty-One
Alessandro
I’ve only just managed to stop the bleeding when Dominic meets me outside of Rite Aid. “Jesus, what happened to your ear?”
“It’s nothing. Can’t even feel it.”
“It looks pretty bad.”
“You should have seen the other guy.”
“I assume the other guy was Maroney?”
“Yeah. Trust me, he looks worse.”
We get into Dominic’s car. He takes my bag of first-aid supplies and starts dressing my ear. “What happened?”
“It was a setup. He had a gun stashed, almost got me with it. Had somebody on the inside at the carnival.”
“And nobody saw youkill him?”
“It was on the Ferris wheel.”
“You rode the Ferris wheel with him?”
“I’m not saying it was my brightest idea.”
Dominic chuckles darkly, taping a big wad of gauze over my ear. “Well, I guess it worked out. No need to wonder where we stand with the Maroney crew.”
I clench my fist, trying not to wince. Thank god the ibuprofen is kicking in. “You have any trouble with his boys on the way out?”
He shakes his head. “They never saw it coming. This is going to draw attention, you know. Multiple killings at an amusement park.”
“Good. It can stand as a warning.”
“What do you want to do about Maroney’s gang? Some of them might roll over now, but his brother Declan is going to want revenge. He’ll be in charge now with Colin gone.”
“We’re taking out Declan. Tonight.”
