Chapter 41
The brief disturbance was quickly drowned out by the cheerful music.
As if nothing had happened, people went back to smiling and playing, the joy and excitement of the park resuming without a hitch.
But not everyone was so quick to forget.
That ominous warning had planted a tiny seed of doubt.
Once a crack forms in the heart, it’s hard to go back.
Out of every hundred people, maybe just one—or even less—quietly slipped away, unsettled.
The children, too, glanced nervously at Red.
Red smiled and reassured them it was nothing.
Their faces lit back up immediately.
Of course—it’s Red.
With just a few calm words, she plucked the growing doubt from their hearts. It reminded me, once again, of what Red meant to the kids.
Well, she is that famous crime killer.