S-BNG-006
St. Valentine's Ledger
Patron: Elliot Finch
Date: Aug 3rd, 1923 – Báthory Block
Location: Filia Sanguinis
Proprietor: Nickels
The drinks here are cold and the blood is warm. Just another night Filia Sanguins in the █████████.
You ever been, Ginny? Probably not your scene. Don't take you for the traveling type and the only mirror you could see out of here is Mistress ██████ Mary's. Wonder what that'd do for your ████████████, huh? Gaze into the pasts of countless places all at once? Probably give you a headache. Plus, Mary likes her patrons like she likes her parlor, bleeding elegance and rich in blood. You just don't fit the bill, do 'ya?
Anyhow, I'm holed up in a corner booth right now. I told the ██████ Dame I needed a space to think. She gave me a glass of something red that certainly ain't wine and made it explicitly clear I was not to hum a single note within her parlor unless I wanted to sing my sweet way all the way to ██████████'s doorstep.
I ain't hummed a thing.
You were right, by the way. About Finch. Blocked it out for the most part, but he was there that night. I’ve been turning it over in my head like a record that won’t scratch. I can't remember what it is he wanted to meet me about but he did want to meet me. He asked in the afternoon while I was running a monte. I just figured he skipped out on me. Never heard him knock and I certainly never unlocked the door to let him in. And you say you saw him with a blade to my back?
…Well, wouldn't be the first time someone wanted me dead.
So… Night before he died.. I sang… Hm.
Oh, █████████████████. You know the one.
Something must've heard it.
Something big.
…█████████████.
Shit.
Look—tell Aggie to double lock all the doors and you two stay put. Unless any song starts playing without a needle on the groove. If that happens, don’t listen. Just leave. Just run. I'll be in ████ a bit longer still. Got some loose ends to tie up. But drop the ██████, drop the whole damn investigation. I'll sort it out here. I think I've squared what's going on and what wrongs need righting.
Unsmudge the Ledger
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