Chapter 40

SARA WALKED INTO the building with a black sports bag hung over her shoulder. She's geared for sport, rubiing a towel on her sweaty face while breathing heavily. She opened her water bottle and drank from it.

John and Gladiator crouched underneath the stairs, fully dressed and bent over a tablet. Studying faces.

“Hey guys,” Sara called. John waved her over and Gladiator winked. “Did you boys spend the night under the stairs?”

“Nah,” Gladiator shook his head. “We took turns playing watchman. Each managed a couple hours of sleep.”

Sara glanced at John with an eyebrow raised in surprise. “You played watchman? That's a new one.”

John laughed and stood up. “Check it out. There's something I need you both to do,” John gave the tablet to Sara. There were three guys portrait photographs and Sara scrolled through.

“What's this about?”

“Three of the men were present on the night Xavier shot me out a window. They're part of his loyal squad. Find them, and we can get information out of them.