Epilogue – City of Broken Dreams
Borgaman stood in the De Fidio study, staring out the window. He looked out at the sea admiring the crashing waves as they raged along the shoreline. A storm had brewed and rain battered the window, the tiny droplets hammering loudly. The sky had clouded over and it had become dark, the wind howling the names of the deceased as it sliced through the blackened sky. He looked up as footsteps came up the stairs.
"Just had a call from the LCPD" said Conway, entering the room. "There's been an explosion at the Cathedral. Miguel De Fidio and Jack Madden have been killed. A number of others have been found dead. Luca, Lucie and that freelancer girl were there too. Luca's been taken to a psychiatric ward. The girls were taken into custody"
Conway waited for a response before continuing.
"The guys found a few bodies upstairs too. No sign of Yen or Roxy De Fidio though. PD searched the building high and low, but couldn't find them"
Borgaman nodded in acceptance of this before turning to Conway.
"Not quite how we imagined was it?" he said. "You remember that day you rang me up? That cop had been killed and you finally found the commonsense to contact me, despite years of torment. Perhaps putting you in contact with Trenlock was a bad idea but still, we can lay my daughter to rest now. She'd be proud of her husband"
It was Conway's turn to nod as the image of his fallen wife and daughters filled his head, their crooked bodies lying in pools of their blood; their broken remains littered with spent ammunition. He shook them off with a shudder, the flashback chilling his bones.
"We've still got problems though. The Yakuza won't take the butchering of their representative lightly. And the fucking mayor of this town is being greased by outsiders."
"Calm down. We have the docks and we're one mafia gang down" grinned Borgaman, "I'm sure you'll be promoted for this. The Leones and Forellis are on borrowed time. Soon this city will be ours."
Borgaman smiled at this thought, his carefully laid plans coming into fruition. He turned back to the window, and sighed heavily.
"The city of broken dreams" he said finally, the waves battering the Cliffside…
