The rain turned the East Side bus depot into a smear of neon and filth. Jessa Faulkner waited under the flickering departures board, one hand on the strap of her camera bag. She wasn’t a photographer anymore. Not since her last expos\u00e9 got a crime boss’s kid sent upstate. But when a jittery informant told her a city councilman was running guns through the depot, she couldn’t help herself. <\/p>\n
He never showed. Instead, two men in long coats appeared, scanning the crowd. Jessa ducked into a maintenance corridor, but a voice behind her stopped her cold. <\/p>\n
“Still sniffing around, Faulkner?” It was Cal Briscoe\u2014ex-cop, ex-friend. <\/p>\n
She saw it in his eyes. He wasn\u2019t here to help. <\/p>\n
“You knew I’d come,” she said. <\/p>\n
“They did too.” <\/p>\n
She had seconds. Fight or run, it didn’t matter. The truth was worthless if no one lived to tell it. <\/p>\n
Outside, a bus rumbled away, leaving nothing behind but ripples in the gutter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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