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Chapters (82)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. SIX
  10. SEVEN
  11. EIGHT
  12. NINE
  13. TEN
  14. ELEVEN
  15. TWELVE
  16. THIRTEEN
  17. FOURTEEN
  18. FIFTEEN
  19. SIXTEEN
  20. SEVENTEEN
  21. EIGHTEEN
  22. NINETEEN
  23. TWENTY
  24. TWENTY-ONE
  25. TWENTY-TWO
  26. TWENTY-THREE
  27. TWENTY-FOUR
  28. TWENTY-FIVE
  29. TWENTY-SIX
  30. TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. TWENTY-NINE
  33. THIRTY
  34. THIRTY-ONE
  35. THIRTY-TWO
  36. THIRTY-THREE
  37. THIRTY-FOUR
  38. THIRTY-FIVE
  39. THIRTY-SIX
  40. THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. THIRTY-NINE
  43. FORTY
  44. FORTY-ONE
  45. FORTY-TWO
  46. FORTY-THREE
  47. FORTY-FOUR
  48. FORTY-FIVE
  49. FORTY-SIX
  50. FORTY-SEVEN
  51. FORTY-EIGHT
  52. FORTY-NINE
  53. FIFTY
  54. FIFTY-ONE
  55. FIFTY-TWO
  56. FIFTY-THREE
  57. FIFTY-FOUR
  58. FIFTY-FIVE
  59. FIFTY-SIX
  60. FIFTY-SEVEN
  61. FIFTY-EIGHT
  62. FIFTY-NINE
  63. SIXTY
  64. SIXTY-ONE
  65. SIXTY-TWO
  66. SIXTY-THREE
  67. SIXTY-FOUR
  68. SIXTY-FIVE
  69. SIXTY-SIX
  70. SIXTY-SEVEN
  71. SIXTY-EIGHT
  72. SIXTY-NINE
  73. SEVENTY
  74. SEVENTY-ONE
  75. SEVENTY-TWO
  76. SEVENTY-THREE
  77. SEVENTY-FOUR
  78. SEVENTY-FIVE
  79. SEVENTY-SIX
  80. Praise for Blood in the Water
  81. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  82. Newsletter Sign-up

As they ran up Bond Drive toward Marina Park Drive, he saw several police officers running toward them. He couldn’t tell whether they were running specifically toward him, or whether they were just running toward the courthouse generally, but he couldn’t take a chance. There was a construction site on the water just off Fan Pier Boulevard. He veered east and ducked through a loose gate, dragging O’Connell’s daughter with him.

Once through the fence, he held the knife to the girl’s throat, looking at the gap in the fence, waiting for the site to be rushed by the police. Nothing happened. He held his breath, listening as the footsteps rushed past the fence and continued on toward the mayhem at the courthouse. He waited for a minute or two, and then looked out. There was no one there. It appeared that the path for his escape was as clear as it would ever be.

He threw the girl against the fence and raised his knife. He was looking forward to the sensation of spilling her blood.

Diamond had been thrown to the sidewalk before the missiles struck the courthouse. She’d felt the earth move under her as she lay there, but because she was already braced against the ground, she’d avoided further injury.

When she’d picked her head up, the first thing she saw was Buddy lying on the street. He wasn’t moving, and she was terrified that he might be dead. She had no idea what had happened, but it seemed as though some sort of a real war had come to Boston. There were bloodied people everywhere, and the screaming was deafening.

She’d gotten to her feet and started toward Buddy’s motionless body, but before she could take more than a couple of steps, T’phong Soh had grabbed her by the hair. “Come, now!” he hissed at her. She tried to punch at him, but he yanked hard on her hair and threw her off balance. Then she’d felt the knife at her abdomen. “I will split you open,” he said in his high voice. The horror of having a knife so close to the baby she was carrying was too much to bear. She’d nodded. “OK,” she said. “Just don’t hurt me!”

He’d dragged her down the street, and when she saw the policemen running toward them, she’d thought she might be saved. He’d pulled her into the construction site, though, and held the knife to her throat. She prayed that the police would find them, but they didn’t. And then, when he threw her against the fence, she knew that he was going to kill her.