Reading through both of the previous stories is quite a task, I know. One thing I neglected to mention in my list of things to know for this story was that just before Lex shot Nigel, the Englishman named Arianna Carlin as his employer, and as the mysterious "Boss" who controlled so much of the crime in the city.

Should anyone wish to comment on this chapter by itself later on, I'll revisit this thread and respond. But I think it's time to post the next chapter now. It will be up very shortly.


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing