Chapter Twenty-Three
January 27, 2229, Neo Southern California Metroplex, Police Enforcement Zone 122 Station, Office of Detectives Jia Lin and Erik Blackwell
Jia frowned at Erik. He’d been smirking at her on and off for the last half-hour. He’d been normal enough the rest of the morning, so she didn’t know what had brought on the smack-worthy face he was wearing now.
She’d contacted him the night of the attack to inform him of what had happened, and he’d been concerned but otherwise quiet about the matter. Not knowing why he was looking like that annoyed her.
It didn’t help that she’d remained on edge following the attack.
She was disappointed in a strange way. A 46 Helix assassin would have made more sense, and that had been what she was expecting. Being attacked by a random i***t f
