Synopsis

The fluorescent hum of the convenience store seemed to amplify the hollowness inside him. Her face flickered in his memory – a ghost of laughter, now a sharp ache. It wasn't just the loss; it was the helplessness, the sickening certainty that he could have done something, anything, to change the outcome. A cold resolve began to harden within him, a dark seed taking root in the fertile ground of grief and rage. The world narrowed, focusing on a single, consuming purpose: retribution. He would