Allen froze after hearing the old man's words. He tried to shake his head in case he misheard it, but Jack continued.
"It's not often that people would come to me to ask for gossip," Jack said. "And you made it quite obvious by how interested you were in the case."
"Sir…" Allen trailed off. "I think you're misunderstanding it. I am not the Phantom Cunt. I am just someone who's interested in his identity."
"Then why were you in the alley?" Jack narrowed his eyes. "There's a lot of alleys in this camp, and it just so happened that you were right in the alley I was in."
Allen pointed at his apartment that wasn't too far from where they are, "That's where I live."
"Oh," Jack formed an O with his mouth. He pursed his lips and snorted. "I guess I was mistaken. This doesn't happen very often."