CHAPTER 0225

RUBEN'S POV

My eyes were still glued to the television screen, the muted colors of the live news replay casting a cold glow across the room. The broadcast had been streamed just an hour ago, but I’d already watched it at least three times. Each replay hit like a fresh wound, peeling open the anger boiling inside me.

The tumbler in my hand was half-empty or maybe it was half-full, depending on whet