Chapter 44

Slade's POV

I could've clocked out of the office, but I didn't. I just couldn't. The thought of going home felt much worse, entirely suffocating, than having to settle with the unwanted fluorescent light that buzzed continuously, its harsh glare piercing the drumming pain in my head.

Leaving wouldn't solve my problems , so I drowned in it. The gnawing feeling in my chest and the memories that ripped out my sanity with those sharp claws of guilt.

Even the air felt against me as ...