g indeed. Staying alone in the house and staring at Mildred's picture made his heart heavy and ache. His youngest sister, Beatrice, who left not quite two hours

that she had enough reason to be worried. It was the second anniversary of Mildred's death. He had not taken the first one well at all and s

our little head about it." He told her

d stocked his fridge with food, and so all he had to do was warm some of it. As soon as he was done warming the food though, he couldn't even bring himself to touch it. He was certain that it tasted good, but his appetite was gone, and so, he gr

What's up

in front of Ethan without saying a word. For a while, Ethan did not touch it, but rather, stared into the liquid as though it contained all the answers in the universe. After some time, he downed the contents of the glass in one go, savoring the burn as it rushed down his throat. He was on hi

in front of him. Although he did not want to, Ethan looked up to see one of the girls who had been giggling earlier standing in front of him. She was wearing a short, red dress that exposed her cleavage and showed off her long legs quite nicely. He wondered if it was the alcohol, but she looked so

d without waiting for an invitation,

her friends had left. He was not in the mood for conversation with a

mind the silence. It's just that my friends want to leave, and I'm not ready to leave now, n

mumbled ha

on said all sunshine and joy, things that h

ing a tremendous effort to be polite even

his drink. Even her perfume was one that Mildred liked a lot and used often, and he groaned inwardly. It seemed that hi

going to keep quiet?" Madison asked. "I can tal

this blonde beauty, who was clearly interested in him, but he couldn't be bothered to do that, and besides, she didn't seem to mind at all. By the time he was sufficiently drunk, he got up unsteadily and nodded at her as he dropped enough cash to pay for

meeting and drinking with you." Et

exactly are you going? Yo

l you a cab." Joe said to E

take

t my car here with me. Don't worry, he's safe with me, Joe.

drunk to a stupor like this was a year ago to the day. Before that, it had been during his wild college years. He fell asl