Fall - Chapter 26: A Ghost of Christmas Past, December 30; Epilogue - Few Are Chosen; Appendix - Rules of Civility Summary

Chapter 26: On December 23, Katey eats slices of ham and studies her proof of the premier edition of "Gotham." The cover features a nude woman behind a five-foot model of an apartment building, with skin showing through selected windows and curtains drawn on others. Katey had come up with the idea and Mason challenged her to find a woman willing to pose for the image. Katey smiles, knowing that behind certain closed curtains are eggplant-colored, silver-dollar aureoles.

Earlier in the day Mason had given Katey the ham and the proof as rewards for a job well done, and he announced his intention to keep both Katey and Alley...