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But I also imagine a version in which I don\u2019t reach her in time, a version in which I\u2019m greeted by the sight of her still form lying among glass and blood. I push it from my thoughts as best I can, staring out at the city in the far distance. Bogdan speaks again. \u201cAlright, I can\u2019t keep it to myself any longer. I caught one.\u201d \u201cCaught one what?\u201d \u201cFrom the shooting. Tracked down the car. Two drivers. One\u2019s long gone, fled the country. The other\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlive?\u201d The corner of his mouth lifts in the rearview mirror. \u201cFor now.\u201d \u201cGood. I\u2019m in the mood for a conversation.\u201d We turn off the paved road onto gravel. The chain-link fence ahead is open. Past it, the lot is dotted with dirty puddles. The warehouse is at the edge of the Calumet River, an old freight depot covered in rust, most of it tagged with faded graffiti.<\/p>\n

Bogdan kills the lights, the engine clicking as it cools. We step out into the chilly air, the sky a gray overcast. Inside is all concrete and dampness. Bogdan leads me through the halls to a door at the very end. \u201cHe\u2019s inside,\u201d Bogdan says. \u201cAnd all yours.\u201d<\/p>\n

He nods to the door, and I push it open. In the center of the dingy room is a chair with a single bulb dangling overhead. A man is zip- tied to it\u2014his wrist, ankles, and chest lashed to the slats. His lip is split, a purple bruise blooming on his cheek. One eye is nearly swollen shut. I step closer.<\/p>\n

The man is barely able to lift his head to look at me. \u201cSeems like you had a little fun with him before I got here.\u201d Bogdan shrugs. \u201cWanted to soften him up a bit. Asshole had a real mouth on him.\u201d Bogdan flips the light switch near the door. The bulb stutters, then hums, casting a sickly white light over the man.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was in the passenger seat,\u201d Bogdan says. \u201cSo he\u2019s the one who fired the shots. Like I said, driver\u2019s long gone. Car was found torched. Plates stolen.\u201d I circle the man once slowly. My hands are clasped behind my back. The man\u2019s boots scrape the concrete as he shifts in some pathetic attempt to escape. He\u2019s not going anywhere. \u201cHe talk?\u201d I ask. \u201cNothing I didn\u2019t already know.<\/p>\n

Plenty of insults. I think he\u2019s learned his lesson about speaking out of turn, however.\u201d I crouch in front of him. \u201cYou shot at the wrong woman, asshole.\u201d He licks his lips, then coughs a bit.<\/p>\n

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