Chapter 15 With a growl, Gideon disconnected the phone and tossed it onto the bed before he yielded to the urge to throw it against the wall. So much for looking up old friends to help him out. Not one person he had contacted had been able to offer anything of use. Why are you bothering? had been the most common response, followed closely by, What’s one more death? This is New York. He was so ready to get back to Chicago. The next time Jesse talked him into a vacation, he was going to chain him up in the play room and f**k the notion out of him. His steps were heavy as he marched out to the living room. Emma sat curled up in the corner of the couch, trying to watch television in order to distract herself from the news story, but the slightly glazed look in her eyes said that it wasn’t s

