Chapter 104

The car drove through the city’s rough areas. The streets were bright with neon lights but had dark, hidden alleys. The silence between us was heavy and tense, like a wire about to snap. I didn’t know what to say to get through to him or how to break the wall he’d built around himself. I looked out the window and saw people going home, couples, workers, strangers, but they soon blurred as my thoug