He woke up to the smell of chicken soup wafting from the kitchen, and made it to the table in time to enjoy a bowl served with crusty bread. Then he told Margaret he had work to do, and he headed up to their suite.Elizabeth had taken a painkiller and was still asleep.That suited him just fine.He took Elizabeth’s phone and set up his Wi-Fi.He logged on, and immediately a message popped up from Tom Perez that read, Your ex got attacked last night?“Son of a goddamn bitch!” His two typing fingers flew. How do you know that?The next message contained a link to USA Today.Garik clicked it and skimmed the article by Noah Griffin, announcing media darling Elizabeth Banner had been attacked as she worked, the second attack in a week for the earthquake-devastated town of Virtue Falls. The first attack had been on beloved nurse Yvonne Rudda, who described her attacker as, “Crazy … His eyes burned. I would recognize his eyes anywhere.”“Oh, my God.” Garik looked at the time. Too late to go out to Yvonne’s tonight.From Tom: Looks like you might be on to something with your suspicions about the Banner case.Looks like.
