*Darren*

I was in the waiting room, my mind cleaved apart by worst-case scenarios, each more grim than the last. Each worrisome thought spurred a restless shift until I was brought to the brink of the seat. Despite all that had gone down, scandal and shares plummeting, my world was on fire but I only feared a world without her in it. In the center of this inferno, with my life seemingly dismantling piece by piece, it was her absence alone that had the power to hollow me out ...