Chapter 6
CELLINI SMITH cursed the red carpeting which had served to deaden the footfalls of the fleeing killer. He began to descend from the balcony to the orchestra, wondering if Alex Bornaman was still visiting Chloe.
The fact that that munitions purveyor to the underworld was backstage while a slingshot in the balcony was playing tag with Cellini, proved but little. It might have been one of Alex's henchmen, Dado or Vanzy, who had worked the spotlight and shot those sharpened slugs.
Cellini reached the runway circling the band pit and vaulted onto it. From the still-dark stage, he could hear Mr. Rapp's querulous voice.
"What's going on here? I heard a gun shoot."
It was the shot with which Cellini had broken the lock on the projection booth. He replied: "A bulb broke."
"Oh, it's
