Three Seconds To Midnight (an alternative reality). Maria de Luca

Patrick could not wait for 2020 to end. He'd thought 2016 was bad – icons dying, the terrorist attack in Nice, where he'd been living at the time, and the land of his birth saying it wanted a divorce from the rest of his country. But 2020 knocked them all into a cocked hat. Not just for Patrick personally, but for the world. Pandemic, protests, and presidency. But here it was, the countdown to New Year. New Year in New York. Times Square at New Year. Was there anywhere better to say goodbye to the annus horribilis? He'd…