Recipe for Disaster

Stella

It takes a moment for me to process Briggs’s words. I’m standing here, on the subway platform, with my phone in my hand and my coffee in the other, feeling like my life is spiraling out of control.

The buzz of the city, the sleepy commuters shuffling past me, and the distant clatter of subway cars fade into the background as I realize my situation is getting desperate.

“Okay, okay. Don’t pa