Chapter 8: One Punch

The shutters of Santa Lucia said NORA in dripping black letters. Eleven times. I counted, because counting is what my brain does instead of screaming. Under the last one, smaller, neat: RULE #1: DON'T FALL FOR THE DON. Detective Vega came out at one in the morning with a camera and a print kit. Julian had been served the protective order at four that afternoon. He'd done this at midnight. Eight hours after a judge told him to stay away. "That's a violation," Vega said. "That's an arrest....