Chapter 35: A Face From The Past

"Lorenzo?" Greer asked, his face twisted with confusion. "Is that you?"

"No," Lily corrected him, trying to catch a glimpse of him out of the corner of her eye, but he pushed the gun deeper into her temple. "That’s my downstairs neighbor."

"No," Greer insisted. "He's Lorenzo Gallo. He was the caretaker at our laboratories in Tuscany."

"You're a bigger fool than I thought you were," Mr. Halpern scoffed. "I was right there under your nose the night Alfonso died, and you still didn't figure it out."

"It was you!" Greer exclaimed. "You killed Alfonso!"

"And returned Lily to her parents," Mr. Halpern said. "Your father or whatever it is you called him went too far stealing a child. He was a fool to think he would get away with it. People are only willing to put up with so much blood-sucking before losing their patience. Those SanguinX employees were a greedy bunch. From what I hear, they still are.”

"So they called you in to slay the vampires," Greer concluded.