Unlike his first appearance in the Big Apple, Trent stepped off the airline looking forward to his New York visit. For him, however, it was business before pleasure. The rapper Shalom DaBomb earned his interest in a way unique from the rest. While the balance of celebrity killers tried to live down the dark chapters of their past, this man used his criminal episode to advance his career. The rap star murdered two live-in girlfriends and, unlike the others, was convicted, albeit to a lesser charge. Based on what he learned recently, Trent figured the performer shared Soriah’s potion with the women. How ironic, he mused, they met untimely deaths as a result of a drug they injected to lengthen their lives. If the serum had never been invented, scores of the dead would still be alive, several hands less bloodied, and American courts largely uncompromised. As far as Trent was concerned, Eternity’s involvement mattered in only one way. These celebrity elitists who believed themselves superior because of lucky breaks, or even marginal talent, now found themselves above the law.
