Killer Nights

Chapter 59: A-Tao's Memories

After A-Jiao left, A-Tao sat alone in his private dining room.  He didn’t call the waiter over and ask for the check.  He just sat there silently, staring blankly through the window at the night sky.

As he started to daydream, A-Tao felt as though he saw a muscular man, clearly out of breath, running at him from afar.  The man staggered his steps, and his left hand was clutching his gut, where fresh blood continuously seeped through his fingers.  In front of the man was an alley, dark as it could be in the dead of night.  He continued running with all his strength.  Behind him came the din of faraway voices, mixed with the blaring of police sirens.

The man looked at the alley; it was too narrow for an automobile to traverse.  He glanced at the crowd of people chasing him before deciding to run headfirst into the alley.  A gust of cold night wind swept past, chilling everyone caught in...