CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Steel left the apartment and handed the key back to Anna. He’d thanked her again and warned her that the cops may come round asking questions – he asked her not to mention that his visit, but also told her not to lie if they asked directly.
Steel walked back along the narrow street back to where he’d left Stan, who he hoped was still waiting. As he wandered down the narrow streets, he felt eyes watching him.
He was being followed.
But who, and how long for? Since the hotel?
Then he got thinking about Anna Bennello. Was she safe? Had they seen him enter the store – the apartment?
Steel wanted to turn around, confront his shadow, see what they knew. But Steel knew he could not turn around or even do the old movie's trick of tying a shoelace. If someone did it, the
