🗓️  Days 22–210: Summer Heat, Quiet Power, and the Long March to Year-End 📍  May 29, 2025 → December 26, 2025 🌍  New York · Monte Carlo · Milan · Zurich · London · Dubai · Back Again 🌃  Thursday, May 29, 2025 — Day 22 | Manhattan, Locals’ Night Late May in New York isn’t summer yet. It’s tension pretending to relax. Thursday night belonged to people who live here — not the ones who fly in for it. Marcus didn’t drink. He never drinks while working. The rule had hardened since earlier in the year, when someone tried to slip something into his glass. From that moment on,  clear only ,  after hours only ,  his hand never leaving the rim . He moved between rooms quietly. Private dining. Back corners. Low ceilings. The  white Suburban  stayed parked within sight. Driver: ex-Secret Service. Bodyguard: silent, precise, already reading the room before Marcus entered it. Summer capital was waking up. Funds weren’t deploying yet — they were  fe...