The Bound Between Us

Chapter 850

The moment Jason spoke, Harry caught on right away.

Harry admitted with a grin, "Yeah, Ryder's my brother. Why, you know him?"

"I do," Jason replied, glancing at the fish swimming lazily in the tank. "Hey, boss, what's the price on these silver carp?"

"Sixteen a pound," Harry answered, slipping into his fishmonger role with a practiced smile. "How about it? Want one? Ours are super fresh-just came in today."

"Alright, I'll take one," Jason said. "Could you clean it up real nice for me?"

"No problem at all. I've been doing this for years. I promise it'll be spotless," Harry replied. With swift, sure movements, he hauled a big silver carp out of the tank.

His hands worked quickly and confidently-clearly, this wasn't his first rodeo.

As Harry started prepping the fish, Jason waited nearby, making small talk. "You and your brother are twins, right? He's in finance, so how'd you end up running a fish stall?"

Harry laughed. "I never liked school much, but my brother was all about it. Now he's got his fancy desk job, and I'm not complaining either. Selling fish pays the bills and then some."

You could tell right away-Harry was the upbeat, easygoing type.

He was good at business, too. After weighing the fish—just over four pounds-he turned to Jason, "I'll call it four pounds even, make it an even sixty-four. Venmo, WhatsApp Pay, whatever-just scan here."

Jason said, pulling out his phone

a quick thump on the head. The fish stilled instantly. Then,

brow furrowed. That chest stab reminded him of the recent murders-each victim killed by a single blow

at the other fish vendors. They weren't stabbing the chest-they'd snip open the belly with scissors and clean

of fish, every death caused by a blow to the chest. Harry and Ryder looked almost identical-except for the little mole in Harry's eyebrow. Ryder had been brought in for questioning before, no problems found. But what if Monica hadn't met Ryder by the river that day? What

mind spun-suddenly, it all

over. "Here you go, man.

replied, taking the bag and

if Jason really just wanted to buy

market, got in his

calling me during work hours? You must be missing

point. "The guy you saw by the river-did he have a mole in his

mole? What are you talking about?"

smelled super fishy. We ran into him again at the hot pot place. The first time, by the river-did he have a

they seen the same man both times, or two

for

short guy? Honestly,

didn't