Not A Small-Town Girl

"Where are the others?" Danielle asked.

"They’re all in the ward next door," Taylor said.

"Miss Darling, I’m sorry. Kevin is dead. The second shot hit the spot that was an inch from his heart. He died from excessive blood loss shortly after arriving at the hospital."

Taylor felt a bit of self-reproach as he did not handle the job his boss instructed him to do well.

"He’s dead, so it’s over," Danielle said. "I can’t find any useful clues through him anymore."

Danielle wasn’t exactly comforting Taylor. She reckoned that given the cautious style of the mastermind, that person wouldn’t have entrusted someone like Kevin with anything too important.

"Do you remember what the person you fought looked like?" Danielle asked indifferently.

anything clearly. Their movements were very smooth and fast. They looked like they belonged to some organization, but I noticed

recall the clues

of

badge that looked like a

very suddenly back then. He happened

no idea which organization had a

a black-snake badge?" David

said with certainty, "I’m

know this organization?" Danielle asked, looking at David with

said. "This organization is called Shadow

boss who leads the organization from behind the scenes

His thin