Junior narrated disposing of a murder scene on a rain-lashed riverfront with his brothers Alec, Stefan, and Greg. They had pushed Tommy Marchetti’s BMW into the swollen river, hoping police would mistake it for a flood accident. The four men, all dressed in black to hide blood, watched the car sink before heading into a nearby warehouse stained with Tommy’s blood, where Alec poured bleach at Junior’s direction.

As the storm battered the waterfront, Alec asked if they would still go out to celebrate Junior’s birthday. Junior, the eldest and de facto leader trusted by their father, shut the idea down, saying he was exhausted and heading back to his apartment. He told his brothers to inform their parents he would be gone for a few days and left to walk through the rain-soaked, working-class neighborhood where he kept a low-profile studio.

On the walk, Junior reflected on the toll of their work and his father’s role as a mob fixer who delegated the violence to his sons. He contrasted his own bone-deep exhaustion and intrusive memories with his father’s distance from the bloodshed. Reaching his neglected apartment, he showered, scoured off blood, and disposed of his clothes in a dumpster to eliminate evidence.

While cleaning up, Junior thought back to his long-standing obsession with Lauren Marchetti. Years earlier in high school, an incident involving Lauren led to Tommy beating Junior and vowing to kill him if he ever looked at her again. Junior recalled how his own father reacted with threats after learning what happened. With Tommy now dead, Junior resolved to stop waiting and pursue Lauren despite any interference.

Settling onto his couch, Junior opened social media to check Lauren’s profile, which mixed glamor shots with everyday moments. He noted her political activism and a recent meeting with Councilwoman Marion Blackwell, which Lauren secured by leveraging compromising information about Blackwell’s son. Junior admired Lauren’s transformation from a quiet student to a confident, curvaceous public figure.

Junior followed a link to Lauren’s Me4U creator page, revealing that Lauren is a sex worker and that he is her top-paying fan. He used the app’s custom request feature to send her a commission and a message congratulating her on the Blackwell meeting and telling her to show how proud she was, underscoring his fixation and the new opening Tommy’s death provides.