Room 310, Hotel Chelsea
Tremayne finds that the victim in room 310 is in a very bad way, he has lost consciousness and his desperate wife is screaming for help and sobbing as she holds a blood soaked kitchen towel onto the poor man's wounds. The attack appears to have severed a major blood vessel and although his partner is doing her best, the man will bleed out without immediate assistance.
Third Floor Hallway, Hotel Chelsea
With a helping hand from
DL,
Anderson has little trouble lifting the unconscious prisoner enough to drag him unceremoniously back towards the central staircase.
As the other two lift their captive,
James spots a piece of card dropped near to the fire escape. Crouching to examine the card he finds it is a business card for Emerson Import on East 47th Street. The card is splattered with fresh blood. On the reverse someone has written the words,
"Silas N'Kwane." James is unsure, but he thinks that the handwriting might well be that of
Jackson Elias, although it is not as neat as Jackson's usual script.
The Lobby, Hotel Chelsea
The first cops have arrived by the time
Clark arrives in the lobby. They pay him no attention as he joins the crowd of concerned patrons who now pack the lobby. The officers speak to the Chelsea's receptionist and then make for the grand staircase.
