Wednesday morning, quiet at the office . The junior employees had yet to arrive. Usually they'd have one of their playlists blaring through the Sonos by now. There would be chatter here and there. The occasional outburst of emotion used in response to something another person said. Contemporary small talk.

This...

It was late. The time a healthy person wouldn't eat. Let alone be awake. But he had slept all day and had nothing more than two slices of toast with peanut butter rubbed onto them. As soon as he stepped out into the thick summer air the scent of alcoholics'...