Synopsis

The weight of the revelation settled heavily in the room, a suffocating silence broken only by the faint ticking of a forgotten clock. Mr. Abernathy’s face, moments before alight with hopeful anticipation, was now etched with a bewildered disbelief that slowly curdled into something akin to horror. The words hung in the air, stark and undeniable: his son, the man he'd entrusted them to find, was a contract killer. The firm’s representative met his gaze, offering no apology for the unforese