Where did he go?” I said, looking this way and that for the shooter. I turned in a complete circle on the spot, trying to find the shooter, but he seemed to have vanished into thin air like a ghost.
TW flashed next to me, a worried look on his face. “I don’t know. The light blinded me, too, and—”
“Wait, the light blinded you?” I said, looking at TW in disbelief. “How did the light blind you? You’re a freaking hologram.”
“Doesn’t mean I can’t be blinded,” said TW. “Besides, what really matters is finding the killer.”
“Easier said than done,” I said, gesturing at the empty alleyway. “He’s nowhere to be seen. Of course, I guess it’s possible that he could have turned invisible and might still be here, but that’s pretty unlikely.”
“It appears that he got away,” said TW, folding his arms i
