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Schneiders aren't prejudice exactly, but the Khouris aren't the kind of people they would associate with, either."
Rosenbloom raises an eyebrow and makes some kind of mark in the folder.
"Do the Schneiders own any guns?" he asks.
I face flames. "No. I wasn't saying they had anything against—"
"Agent Rosenbloom." An officer pokes his head into the office. "Dr. Sam Meadows is here."
"Good," Rosenbloom says. "Bring him in."
The officer disappears. I return to picking at my bandage. I feel it pull away from my skin, so I flatten it against my cheek again. I don't know why I'm so anxious.
Sam walks into the office. There's a flicker of confusion on his face when he sees me. For once, he's not wearing the white doctor's coat, but jeans and a button-up shirt the color of red wine with his sleeves pushed up. Rosenbloom gestures for him to sit. Sam smiles and inclines his head toward me when he sits down.
"Dr. Meadows," Rosenbloom says. "You were at the scene of the Khouri murders. Do you recall any details that you didn't remember before?"
"No," he says, his forehead furrowing. He glances at me and taps his forehead in the same place where I have my butterfly bandage. "Did you get in a fight with the high school kids?"
I shake my head. "I got shot at. Again."
He sits up straight. "What? Are you kidding me? Where?"
"At my house. I mean, my brother's house," I say.
His eyes search over my body. "You didn't get hurt anywhere else, did you?"
I shake my head, ignoring the pain from where a bullet scraped against my thigh. His concern is palpable and, after everything that's happened, it makes me want to cry. But I can't. I have to get through this.
"I have one more questions specifically for you, Miss Ellery," Rosenbloom says. "Do you have any enemies that you think would try to cause you bodily harm?"
My first thought is the reflective steel of a paring knife. Francis Tate. But he's in prison. He is serving his first year of a ten-year sentence at Southeastern Correctional Institute."
I shake my head. "No. There's no one like that in my life."
Rosenbloom turns to Sam. "You're the one who saw everything happen. You didn't see the shooter at all?"
"No, I was busy trying to save her from being shot." He gestures toward me. "Why is the FBI involved in a shooting of two people anyway?"
Rosenbloom sighs, setting down the folder. "This morning, we found a third body. The man is Gary Spencer. The Khouris owned an automotive repair shop. Spencer worked at an automotive repair shop. The only person who has been shot at in this general area who isn't connected to an automotive repair shop is you, Miss Ellery. The first time you were shot, Murray Police thought the shooter was simply trying to scare you. But a second shooting? He could still be trying to get rid of you as a witness or scare you, but it seems a bit risky to me unless there is more to the story. Are you sure there isn't a reason why someone would want to kill you?"
"I don't think so," I say. "Like I said, I haven't made any enemies."
"Dr. Meadows." Rosenbloom turns to Sam. "Even the smallest detail could help. Could you tell me exactly what you saw and what happened? It's best if you start before you tackled Miss Ellery."
"Well, I was driving to my practice," he says. "And as I'm going around the corner of Howard Street and Riversdale Road, I hear a gunshot. When I get around the corner, I see Aisha screaming over Azlan's body. I…I stomped on my brakes and at the same time I saw Aisha fall onto the sidewalk. I guess she was shot and I didn't hear it over my brakes. Then, I saw Grace's—Miss Ellery's—driver door open in front of me. All I could think was I can't let this person die . I jumped out of my car and ran straight for her. I tackled her and we fell onto the ground. The shooter shot at her truck for a minute. Then it was silent for another minute. We both got up and Grace…Miss Ellery…called nine-one-one."
"You never saw the shooter?" Rosenbloom
Rosenbloom raises an eyebrow and makes some kind of mark in the folder.
"Do the Schneiders own any guns?" he asks.
I face flames. "No. I wasn't saying they had anything against—"
"Agent Rosenbloom." An officer pokes his head into the office. "Dr. Sam Meadows is here."
"Good," Rosenbloom says. "Bring him in."
The officer disappears. I return to picking at my bandage. I feel it pull away from my skin, so I flatten it against my cheek again. I don't know why I'm so anxious.
Sam walks into the office. There's a flicker of confusion on his face when he sees me. For once, he's not wearing the white doctor's coat, but jeans and a button-up shirt the color of red wine with his sleeves pushed up. Rosenbloom gestures for him to sit. Sam smiles and inclines his head toward me when he sits down.
"Dr. Meadows," Rosenbloom says. "You were at the scene of the Khouri murders. Do you recall any details that you didn't remember before?"
"No," he says, his forehead furrowing. He glances at me and taps his forehead in the same place where I have my butterfly bandage. "Did you get in a fight with the high school kids?"
I shake my head. "I got shot at. Again."
He sits up straight. "What? Are you kidding me? Where?"
"At my house. I mean, my brother's house," I say.
His eyes search over my body. "You didn't get hurt anywhere else, did you?"
I shake my head, ignoring the pain from where a bullet scraped against my thigh. His concern is palpable and, after everything that's happened, it makes me want to cry. But I can't. I have to get through this.
"I have one more questions specifically for you, Miss Ellery," Rosenbloom says. "Do you have any enemies that you think would try to cause you bodily harm?"
My first thought is the reflective steel of a paring knife. Francis Tate. But he's in prison. He is serving his first year of a ten-year sentence at Southeastern Correctional Institute."
I shake my head. "No. There's no one like that in my life."
Rosenbloom turns to Sam. "You're the one who saw everything happen. You didn't see the shooter at all?"
"No, I was busy trying to save her from being shot." He gestures toward me. "Why is the FBI involved in a shooting of two people anyway?"
Rosenbloom sighs, setting down the folder. "This morning, we found a third body. The man is Gary Spencer. The Khouris owned an automotive repair shop. Spencer worked at an automotive repair shop. The only person who has been shot at in this general area who isn't connected to an automotive repair shop is you, Miss Ellery. The first time you were shot, Murray Police thought the shooter was simply trying to scare you. But a second shooting? He could still be trying to get rid of you as a witness or scare you, but it seems a bit risky to me unless there is more to the story. Are you sure there isn't a reason why someone would want to kill you?"
"I don't think so," I say. "Like I said, I haven't made any enemies."
"Dr. Meadows." Rosenbloom turns to Sam. "Even the smallest detail could help. Could you tell me exactly what you saw and what happened? It's best if you start before you tackled Miss Ellery."
"Well, I was driving to my practice," he says. "And as I'm going around the corner of Howard Street and Riversdale Road, I hear a gunshot. When I get around the corner, I see Aisha screaming over Azlan's body. I…I stomped on my brakes and at the same time I saw Aisha fall onto the sidewalk. I guess she was shot and I didn't hear it over my brakes. Then, I saw Grace's—Miss Ellery's—driver door open in front of me. All I could think was I can't let this person die . I jumped out of my car and ran straight for her. I tackled her and we fell onto the ground. The shooter shot at her truck for a minute. Then it was silent for another minute. We both got up and Grace…Miss Ellery…called nine-one-one."
"You never saw the shooter?" Rosenbloom
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