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HAYES

Thirty minutes later I’m sitting at the bar, nursing a glass of bourbon that barely registers as a burn anymore. It’s smooth, almost too smooth, and I’m already debating whether I need something stronger.

Maybe tequila. Something that’ll hit fast and hard, numbing everything so I don’t have to think or feel.

But of course, I think about her anyway.

The logical part of me knows I should accep