A Seat at the Table

Instead of looking up from my lap, I locked my gaze onto the pale streaks of sunlight slanting through the curtains and tracing delicate shapes across the polished floor. Bullshit. I couldn't care less about the fucking rays of light in the grand dining room, yet staring at tiny details kept my mind off the glaring problem here.

I needed anything to distract myself from the obvious truth that I h