Fragile Peace

His brother and mother were already settled in.

The silence of the night wrapped around them as their body and brain try to process everything that has happened …. Their new reality.

Dom sat on the edge of his bed, staring out the window.

His mind wasn’t still. It hadn’t been still in years. But tonight felt different. Not peaceful, no. But final. A shift. The beginning of the end.

His plan was a