A Serial Billionaire Killer

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s of silence. Fourteen nights replaying the gunshots, the shatt

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el and glass, boardrooms and bulletproof windows. But here I am, rolling through a neighborhood where the houses wear t

sir," my dr

eat, lawn-groomed. I adjust my cuffs as I make my way

ya

ng a faded band t-shirt and jeans with holes in the knees. No m

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s. "Not n

. "To your mo

h and burnt toast. A TV drones in the living room. Jeopardy. A woman with Anya's eyes an

voice brittle. "We

st look at me, slow and steady, like she's reading

t as they did. Your s

"I don't blame you young man...

oorway, arms crossed. Wa

to help,

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husb

ightens. Her mother's face

he is

clock on the wa

t," Any

her's incident, he didn't make it; Vincent Carlisé did. The same m

't the type to make people disappear, he

edges, but her voice could cut a diamond. "You think I don't k

between us.

. "For David. Medical bills. Schol

it. "We're not yo

ot char

what i

. A debt I

In David's place." The H

er and bright. "

Be there a

table. Mrs. Loraine doesn't look a

she a

wn her windows, warping the str

only one who'll tell

*

she's standing

hampagne like it's water. I spotted Anya by the terrace, her dress the color of midnig

turn

gh in my ear, her hand in mine, the roses in her hair.

not Cindy.

ame,"

ile. "You owe

s how you

hy am I

al curiosit

nd carries her scent. "Y

what

g hum

ndy's favorite. Anya's gaze

ith me,"

t a req

s. Then he t

e stiffly, out of sync, until I spin her. Her

taring,"

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a terrible

e pulls back, but

oday. "How'd you heal so fast

. Thanks for helping me. Yo

, but the bitterness lingers. Yet here she is, close enough to count the flec

thtaking. Because she saw through the armo

questions," I say. "Bad

s. Just a

what to ask, what buttons to push. I wish the night could continue just like

s out, but freezes. The front door hangs

ny

ass. The living room is chaos - cushions shredded, drawers yanked out, ph

nter, seething. "They

hing my fingers over a boot print near the

cracks. "O

ame hangs

mily. So I make a proposal, one which could solve all this while giving