Chapter 48: Hanging by a Thread

"What?" Clara gasped. She didn't even stop to ask who wanted Mario Walton dead; she pulled out her phone and called him. Ring, ring, ring. No one picked up. Across town, Mario's phone buzzed in his pocket, again and again. He had no idea who was calling, and he didn't have time to think about it. Just when he'd run out of options, two men in security uniforms came sprinting in from off to the side, rubber batons in hand. One of them shouted as they ran, "Drop the weapon! Hey, you-drop it!" Mario's...