KEVIN

My new apartment was quiet. Too quiet, save for the shower I had left on.

The quietness didn't soothe my soul, it haunted it.

I dropped the glass I held on the table and lowered myself onto the couch with my elbows resting on my knees.

I breathed heavily; who knew life could turn like this in minutes? This wasn't what I had planned.

I interlocked my fingers and kept staring at the floor like it would open up and give me answers. Answers I already knew.

My mind kept drifting ...