by Tom Dolby
His grandfather’s legacy, too, felt false. Palmer had built up a dubious empire, respected by so many, and yet, what was it? Was it anything more than lying, conspiracy, thievery?
Nick walked across the street, carefully taking the crosswalk. As he approached the building, his brother Benjamin stepped out of a black town car. Nick hadn’t realized that he was in town.
“Ben!” he called. “I thought you were in Florida.” He was supposed to be on spring break with some of his college friends.
“I had some business I needed to attend to,” Ben said. This was unlike his brother. His main business in life seemed to be partying with his friends.
“Did you hear about what happened?” Nick figured he could talk about it to his brother. What could they possibly do to him?
“I did, Nick.” He seemed downcast, but not in the odd, selfishly disappointed way that the mentors had. This look was different, a genuine sadness.
“What’s wrong?”
Ben looked at him. “There’s something Palmer always used to say, and now Dad says it as well. It’s a Latin phrase: Alea jacta est. ‘The die is cast.’”
“What do you mean by that?”
Ben glanced anxiously at the building’s doors, as if to make sure that no one could overhear.
“Nick, you may think you’re out of the Society, but you never really will be.”
His brother opened the back door of the town car and got in, shutting it behind him. Nick stood on the sidewalk, speechless, as the car pulled away from the building and merged into the river of traffic going down Fifth Avenue.
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