He had a gut feeling that tonight would be the climax of their long, twisted tale.

Sure enough, Matthew came alone, just as Benny had anticipated.

His concern for Waldo and Lucia had made him cautious, and his solitude satisfied Benny immensely.

He loaded his gun, the click echoing in the night, and dialed Matthew’s number.

When Matthew answered, Benny barked, “Get out of the car!”

He hung up immediately, and then pointed his gun in the direction of Matthew.

Matthew complied, stepping out of the vehicle.

Benny aimed, years of festering resentment boiling over.

He squeezed the trigger repeatedly, each shot a cathartic release of his pent-up rage.

was to

him, becoming a dark obsession that gnawed at

Gunfire shattered the night.

into the car, but not before a bullet found its mark in his

vest he wore absorbed the impact,

from another bullet as he got in, Matthew slammed the

bullets ricocheted off the bulletproof vehicle,

realizing Matthew

sniper rifle, but just as

rifle slipped from his grasp,

source of the shot, cursing himself for not foreseeing Matthew’s

fired at Matthew, and now Matthew’s men

kill Matthew led to his own

expect Matthew would use

reddened

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