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.

thought was to end Matthew’s

a dark obsession that gnawed at

Gunfire shattered the night.

the car, but not before a

momentarily, but the bulletproof vest he wore absorbed the

from another

the bulletproof vehicle, sparking against the metal but causing no

Benny cursed, realizing Matthew

he reached for a more powerful sniper rifle, but just as he was about to switch

the rifle slipped from

toward the source of the shot, cursing himself for

fired at Matthew, and

kill Matthew

Matthew would use

reddened

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