Editing Billy McBardigael (section)

=== Retirement ===
That night, Billy drove back to his [[McBardigael Farm|farm]], a few miles south of '''Bolingbroke Prison''', near the foothills where the city’s noise faded into wind and open sky. For the first time in months, he didn’t take any calls. He didn’t return to the city. He didn’t check in with his crews.

He just sat on his porch, cracked open a bottle of aged whisky, and stared into the horizon.

And then he did what he had always said he wanted to do:

'''Billy McBardigael retired'''.

He left the criminal world behind—not in shame, not in defeat, but in resolve. He had built the foundation. He had helped the city rise. But he knew when it was time to walk away.

And this time, he meant it.

==== Post retirement ====
Retirement suited Billy. The farm south of Bolingbroke gave him what the city never could: peace, space to breathe, and a silence that didn’t demand anything from him. But even in that peace, he kept a phone line open — '''two''', to be exact.

Jim and Edward.

They were more than old partners. They were the only ones Billy still called ''friends''. Through all the chaos, betrayals, and power plays, those two had never stabbed him in the back — and Billy wasn’t about to throw that kind of loyalty away. They talked often — about work, about memories, sometimes about nothing at all. Just keeping the bond alive.

Alexa, on the other hand?<blockquote>“Lying, cheating bitch,”

 he once muttered while pulling weeds from the garden.</blockquote>He had seen through her a long time ago, but the events of the Big Four’s downfall only confirmed it. Her ambition had always outweighed her honesty. And in Billy’s book, that was unforgivable.