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The rest of the ride passed in silence, but I didn’t feel any way about it. Instead, I was just focused on what was to come, anticipating how this would unfold.
The car came to a stop, and we got out.
But we weren’t alone.
Elias had taken another SUV and emerged from it. Then, someone else did too.
“What the fuck?” Seamus said, looking from me to Elias to the newest addition.
“William. You’re my brother,” he added, just this side of pleading.
“I am. But that never mattered before,” William Roy said.
“What are you talking about?” Seamus asked.
“Seamus, I know that you are scum, that you have no shame at all. But for once, just once, live up to your name, your legacy. Have some fucking pride,” William said.
“My name? My legacy?” Seamus said. “You think I give a fuck about any of that?”
William shook his head. “I know you don’t. That’s why you had no trouble killing Father,” he said.
“I—he—” Seamus started and then stopped.
“It’s okay,” William said, shaking his head. “I understand. These things happen. Father was a difficult man and an impediment to your ambition.”
“He was—”
“It’s okay. I know he never would have allowed you to deal drugs, do the other things that you do. So I can understand. And I know he would have understood it too. But Mother…”
“I—” Seamus started, then stopped again before he even completed the sentence.
“You what? You didn’t mean it? You did what you had to do?”
“Yeah,” Seamus finally said.
“You mean you had no choice other than to kill both of my parents and yours,” William said.
“That wasn’t intentional, but the car—I didn’t know she was going to be in it. They never went anywhere together.”
“You know that’s a lie. They went to the same Mass every Sunday for forty-five years. And you chose that particular day to make a move. Probably because you knew Father had gotten lax, and you figured that was your best shot. Circumstances be damned. Collateral damage be damned.”
“This is a personal matter,” Seamus said. “They shouldn’t be involved.”
“They? Who? The Petrosyans?”
“Yes. This is between us, something we can talk out as brothers,” Seamus said.
“I’m afraid there’s nothing to talk out. Because I’m not here. And it’s so unfortunate that you’re going to turn up missing. I assure you that I will put the very best men in our family on the case. But unfortunately, I don’t think we’re ever going to find you,” William said.
With that, he got back into the SUV, and it drove away, leaving Elias, Seamus, and me.
“Well, Seamus. Where were we?” I asked as I walked toward him.
* * *
Davit
“That was quick,”Elias said after we got back to the SUV.
