After the meeting with Alex Guero, Martha and Nicholas came back to the center of everything.

The bower had grown some weeds and the hound had missed her so much. It shows on his face. Nicholas returned home after that, doubting everything he knew about life. He rummaged into his bag, the black one under his bed, and retrieved a pistol. He called his uncles, told them he was coming home. He put on his old gramophone, Nina Simone plays and shot himself in the head.

Boom!

He left a note. It says; What is life if you can't leave.

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I heard my father's friend Nicholas Martin committed suicide...