The Weight of Guilt

POV: Roman.

The words slammed into my chest like an icy, brutal wake-up call. The news of Sylvia’s accident shattered whatever drunken stupor I had left. The suffocating haze of whiskey vanished from my system in a split second, leaving behind nothing but a cold, agonizing clarity. I threw a handful of crumpled bills onto the sticky bar counter and grabbed Damon by the shoulder, hauling him towar