*Michael*

I paced restlessly in the confines of my home, the walls closing in around me like a suffocating embrace. I should have been at the office, buried in the mundane tasks that consumed my days, but I couldn't tear myself away.

Not when my entire world teetered on the precipice of a revelation.

The weight of anticipation bore down upon my shoulders, each passing second an eternity of uncertainty. I awaited the call, that would ...