The bastard hadn’t responded.

WTF!

Didn’t he get Aiden’s text? Why wasn’t he transmitting that money as fast as his greedy little hands could hit ‘send’?

Maybe something had happened to him. Maybe he had been arrested for shooting Leah.

The thought stopped him cold.

He hurriedly loaded an online news website.

In bold red letters, the site announced: BREAKING NEWS: Woman charged with break and enter in MP case.

Shit. Leah had been charged.

Which meant Leah was alive.

And she would talk to the police, he was sure of it.

And if she spoke to the police, then it was only a matter of time before his plan with Tr0lz would be revealed.

Shit, shit, shit.

If she died, it would make everything so much easier.

He stared at the train tracks. What would it take to cause Leah’s death? A simple unplugging of a machine? The kinking of an IV? He had read somewhere that injecting air into a vein could kill you. He was sure he could do that. Needles didn’t bother him.

But how would he get to her? She was under police guard.

He needed information. And the news reports weren’t giving him enough.

Maybe there was an update on the Forum. He logged in. Immediately, Motherdoxxer jumped on him: What’s taking you so long? When are you going to doxx the effer?

He ignored it. The guy was just jealous. He talked the talk, but didn’t walk the walk.

Has WhiteDwarf been online? He knew full well she hadn’t.

haven’t u heard? PillBaby asked. she wuz shot

Oh my God! he responded. Is she going to be okay?

WeepingGelsan says she is hurt pretty bad, Motherdoxxer said. Harry Owen shot her in the chest the mother effer.

How does WeepingGelsan know how bad she’s hurt?

he lives in hali.

PillBaby probably did, too, given she had referenced ‘Hali’, the popular nickname for Halifax.

A suspicion formed in his mind. He had met Leah’s little brother a few times. His name was Jimmy or Joey or something. He was a big Dr. Who fan. In fact, Aiden had watched a Weeping Angels episode with Joey at Leah’s place. He couldn’t believe he hadn’t figured out the connection before.

Okay, he typed. Keep me posted about her. I’ll doxx Harry tonight.

After he pays me half a million dollars, he added silently.

He checked his text messages again. No word from Harry Owen. Stubborn bastard. He might have to nudge Harry out of his inaction with a tweet from @TruthAboutHarry. He logged into Twitter and tweeted: Harry Owen haz a secret. All the sexy details revealed 2nite.

But while he let Harry Owen freak out over Aiden aka @TruthAboutHarry’s latest tweet, he needed to find out Leah’s exact status.