Night of the Payday
Issue 40

Shepherd gives Lono a mission. A man in Raliegh, North Carolina, could pose a problem for the Trust. He is to be taken out before this becomes the case. Lono accepts the task.

They meet a week later in Pittsburgh. Graves is once again the topic of conversation. Shepherd pays Lono for the job in $1000 bills and warns him that there is a war coming. Lono tells Shepherd to shove his war. Graves tried to kill him, and he will be sorry for that. Shepherd says that there are other plans for Lono. Lono needs to pick a side or one will be picked for him.

Back at his hotel, Lono exhibits his wonderful personality traits for the owner before retiring to his room. He is with Echo Memoria. She is far from happy with life in Pittsburgh. Lono gives her several of the bills, sending her off to cheer herself up, before retiring himself to the bar. It is here that the other plans mentioned earlier become apparent. Lono has been drinking for some time, when the hotel fills with cops. Echo has been picked up at the airport trying to flee the country. The money she used for the ticket was from a recent bank robbery. Shepherd had set them up, and now Echo had ratted on Lono. He decides to shoot his way out, but is gunned down in the hotel doorway.

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