Chapter 39: No Comment - Klempner

Stanton pushes past, his face visibly red even under his dark skin. "No comment." His eyes sweep the reporters, the crowd, briefly settle on me. His gaze lingers before he gives me a brief nod, then moves on and he vanishes into the enclosure.

The City News reporter is blathering away to the camera. I can't hear a word. After a moment, my own stupidity slaps me in the face, and I pull up the station on my mobile.

The reporter standing ahead of me speaks on-screen above ticker-tape headlines scrolling beneath... Breaking News...