He left with the sound of the city swallowing the moment whole. Only when he was back in the sedan, rain washing the last glimpse of neon away, did he unfold the photograph. The faces looked familiar after a beat—old friends, or perhaps ghosts—eyes rimmed with the sort of hope that hadn’t aged well. The note tucked inside the picture read, in a handwriting Niko recognized from years of folded truths: R.I.P.
“Who sent it?” the courier asked.
Niko stepped out of the rusted sedan into the drizzle, the city’s neon smeared into watercolor by the rain. Broker’s high-rises loomed like indifferent gods; below, the streets smelled of diesel and yesterday’s regrets. He kept his collar up and his hands in his pockets, feeling the weight of a single torn photograph folded there—two faces he didn’t recognize anymore and a note: R.I.P.
“Tell them,” he said.
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