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Elrod—03 Bloodcircle

Chapter 1

"THEN THE DOOR opened and there was this crazy-looking blond guy

with a shotgun just standing there, grinning at us. Before we could do

anything he swung it up and fired right at Braxton."

"How close were you?"

"To?"

"To Braxton."

"Pretty close; arm's length, I guess. He knocked against me when he

fell. There wasn't much room."

"And to the shotgun?"

"About the same."

"Goon."

"I fell back when he hit against me and cracked my head on a sink--sort

of snapped it like this--and that's when things got fuzzy." I paused,

expecting him to encourage me again in spite of my faulty memory, but

nothing came out. Lieutenant Blair of Homicide, Chicago P.O., had the

occupational necessity of a poker face, but I could tell he wasn't

swallowing what I was dishing out. He waited and the uniformed cop

hunched next to him at the foot of the desk stopped scribbling on his

notepad.

I covered the awkward pause by rubbing my face. "Maybe I was dazed or

something, but I ran after the blond guy, chased him downstairs and out