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“But you know where he planned to go after Hazel’s apartment.”

Marcus looks away.

Elliot leans toward the camera inside his transport.

“Tell them.”

“I can’t.”

“He tried to kill me.”

“He’ll kill Dad.”

“Dad is safe.”

Marcus’s face twists.

“No one is safe from Simon.”

Arthur Bell’s voice comes through Ben’s camera.

“Marcus.”

Marcus goes still.

His father sits inside the Blue Lantern workshop while a medic bandages his head.

“You listen to me,” Arthur says. “I should have stopped this years ago. I thought if we did what Simon demanded, he would leave our family alone.”

“He would have killed you.”

“He almost did tonight.”

“Dad—”

“You help them catch him.”

Marcus stares at his father.

Arthur’s eyes fill with tears.

“Let this end, son.”

For several seconds, Marcus says nothing.

Then he looks at Marquez.

“There’s a dry dock beneath the salvage yard.”

“A basement?”

“No. It was built during the war to repair military boats out of sight. Simon restored the water gate six years ago.”

“Can it be accessed from the bay?”

“Through a channel beneath the eastern pier.”

“Is Simon there?”