Severed Ties

Damon sat hunched over his desk, staring at the quarterly reports that made less sense each time he read them. The numbers blurred together as his head pounded from another sleepless night. Empty whiskey bottles lined the bookshelf behind him, and his shirt was wrinkled from sleeping in his office chair.

A sharp knock on the door made him look up. "Come in." The words came out rough, strained.

Myr