Chapter 75. The 20th Anniversary

The day Carlos had been waiting for came as though it wanted to sneak up on him. With all the planning and preparations, he thought the day would come with lots of fanfare and omens, but it began in the same routine as many other days before it.

To millions of other people in New York City, it was just another day. To a select few, it was twenty years since their loved ones were snatched from them. The select few were the ones who remained—the ones who refused to let it go because the deaths were too painful and had too many suspicious events surrounding them.

To Carlos, today was the day he would deliver his first lethal hit to Clyde McCarthy. Today was the day he would begin his payback properly.

Since the loved ones of the victims had ensured the day was never forgotten each year until they got some sort of proper explanation, McCarthy was using his own bad behavior to paint himself in a good light. He was holding a sort of memorial party at the Pandora’s Box,