Chapter 111: TAKING A STAND

XENOIS

I stared at the long pile of pack reports that had piled up on my desk during the days that I haven't been at work but in the hospital, and all the words seemed to be blurring together as I tried to focus on anything other than the empty silence that was a constant fixture in my office these days.

The hospital had released me this morning despite their insistence that I stay and recuperate more, but I couldn't bear the thought of staying in that room and keep thinking about my family or going home to that house where every room held memories...