Nothing [Kindle Edition]

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It's not his turf, it's not his problem, but now it's someone else's. Chicago Violence meets Disney and Hollywood head on as a Mob Enforcer searches the sun beaten streets of Orange County to find his sisters killer.

STARK SUNSHINE Looking at the spot where my sister was murdered I felt nothing. On the drive here from the airport I saw myself dropping to my knees. Screaming. Barking at the injustice. Now I'm here. Staring at the empty space. Nothing. Maybe a mild self-loathing. Outside of that no feeling at all. Not even numbness. Largo waits beside the car at the curbside. The house was a two story single family home. Sky is blue within blue. Palms sway. Sea spray fills my nostrils with Californian air. It makes me sick. A woman appears. She must have come from the house. I remain on her driveway staring at the concrete slab. Looking for a sign of something. Looking for a marker. The sky is blue blue blue. Heat burns against my black suit. She speaks to me. You the brother? She tries to keep her voice steady and even. A common enough thing. Her voice. No other sounds on the street. No more kids hollering and running. Kicking cans. Playing ball. Not since my sister had been taken from this world. This motherfucking world. I stare at the woman then back to the concrete baked at the edges and wet from sprinklers. This is where she fell. Lay here. Bled. Closed her eyes and died. A small strip of yellow police crime tape hangs limp from a drain. The cops must have had trouble securing the area. I ask. Who killed my sister? Continues...