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other theaters haven’t been so lucky.”
    “Oh my gosh.” Karla said again and shook her head. “I have been following that story for weeks. The police have labeled him The Theater Bomber, but he’s concentrated mostly up north. Places like New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. I never thought he would come this far south.”
    “None of us did either, but the profile fits. He always gets a local girl to help him smuggle the bomb in and he always leaves her behind right before the bomb explodes. This time the scapegoat was Miss Helen Martin, a twenty-three year old who was recently kicked out of her parents’ house. That’s his MO, he preys on a young woman who is down on her luck and takes advantage of her. He messed up this time though. Miss Martin didn’t die in the explosion like the others have.”

Chapter Eight
     
    The next couple of days passed quickly. Madison was released from the hospital after undergoing surgery to realign the bones in her leg. She’d be in a cast and on crutches for weeks to come, but she was alive and she would heal. Elliot, Mallie and Maddie all three identified the same guy from a picture line-up and it was confirmed that he was Mitchell Torretto, The Theater Bomber.
    “We’re pretty sure he’s left town.” John told Andrew when he stopped in to see what was going on. “He doesn’t know Miss Martin survived so he has no reason to stick around. Apparently he leads the women helping him to believe that they are transporting drugs and the deal is going to take place in the darkened theater so no one will see. After the previews start he tells them he’s going to the restroom to meet the man buying the drugs, but they are supposed to stay with the bag so no one steals it. Miss Martin started getting nervous after he was gone for a few minutes and decided to just leave the bag on the floor and go to the restroom herself. She was in there for a few minutes before the explosion happened so she didn’t know that the film broke and everyone was shifted to the other theater that was showing the same movie because neither was full. That technical malfunction saved several lives. If anyone had been in the theater at the time of the explosion they wouldn’t have made it out.”
    “So it was pure luck his bomb didn’t kill anyone.” Andrew said in awe as he shook his head. “What about Miss Martin? Is she going to be charged?”
    “She is, but not yet. She is terrified he’s going to find out she’s alive and come back to finish the job so for the moment she’s in witness protection. Until we find him we have to keep her alive. We may know where he’s heading next though. Apparently he tells them where they`re going with the money from the drugs and we have already contacted the authorities there and told them to keep a close eye on their theaters.”
    “Are Elliot and the girls in danger from him?” Andrew asked in concern.
    “We don’t think so. Other people have seen him in passing or waiting to meet the young woman he’s meeting, that’s how we know what he looks like, but nothing has ever happened to them.”
    “That’s good. Now I have to get to the hospital. My shift starts in thirty minutes and I’ll never make it if I don’t leave now.”
    “We’ll watch out for your family, Andrew.” John promised as he shook Andrew’s hand.
    “I know you will, John. Thank you for meeting with me.”
    “Any time, my friend, any time.”
    Once Andrew was gone John leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. He was still sitting there thinking five minutes later when there was a knock on his door. “Come in.” He said gruffly.
    “Sir, we just got word from Memphis PD that they picked up someone matching Torretto’s description.” The uniformed officer said when he walked in.
    “Can you get them back on the line for me please? I would like to talk to the officer who picked him up.”
    “He’s still on line four, sir. I thought you’d wanna talk to him so I put