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The Littlest Client #89

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"What?" she yelled. "M-m-max Dolan? I...I...I told you I haven't seen him since he dropped Katie off seven years ago."

"I didn't ask if you'd seen him, Barbara. I asked if you'd been in contact with him."

She was visibly shaken. I could tell she was parsing her words, that she was an honest woman and she didn't want to lie. But I didn't have time for semantics. People were dying.

"Barbara, you want to know who has seen Max Dolan? I did, tonight. And he shot at me," I said.

She brought her hand to her mouth...

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