At that moment the doorbell rang. Sage went to answer, figuring it had to be Mike, which it was. He took him into the living room, introducing him to Gene and Van before telling him the armchair opposite the sofa was free. Then, although he was certain that Van and Gene had already figured it out, he explained that he would repeat anything they had to say to Mike.
“So who is where?” Mike asked.
“Brody and Jon are there.” Sage pointed to two chairs they’d brought into the living room while he’d been answering the door. “Van’s to your left on the sofa, Gene is to your right.”
Mike nodded to them. “Shall we start with the obvious question? Do you know who shot you?”
“Like we told them,” Van replied, “we have no idea. We don’t have any enemies. Okay, other than maybe a few trolls on book s
