Danny Bird: The Sky's the Limit

Previously

…Marcus, shaken but alive, was safe. Danny, battered and bruised, stood on the precipice of something new. He hadn't achieved a clean slate, not entirely. The scars remained, the memories lingered. But in that warehouse, he had faced his demons and made a choice that, in its own messy, imperfect way, was a step towards redemption. He had risked everything, and in losing the money, he had found something far more valuable: a sliver of hope, a chance to finally outrun the shadows, not by burying them, but by stepping into the light, however faint. The sky, for the first time in a long time, felt limitlessly, terrifyingly, wonderfully open.