As Benny’s senses started to fade, he mustered his last bit of strength to try and get up.

“Sir, are you alright?” A soft female voice broke through the haze, followed by gentle hands lifting him.

Seeing the woman before him, Benny offered a rare, heartfelt smile.

“Evelyn…”

Benny spent a restless night, his dreams replaying memories with Evelyn.

Yet, happiness was as brief as a shooting star, transforming into a nightmare where Evelyn lay bloodied in his arms.

Waking groggily, his head throbbed intensely.

The light fixture above flickered erratically, leaving his mind in a brief state of emptiness.

coalesce,

his departure from Prosperity Group, he had drowned his sorrows in a bar and thought

Benny sat up,

off the covers to find

as he looked around, recognizing

was positioned

anger and fear

lost complete consciousness or found himself at the mercy

out of bed, a noise

opened,

awake, Flossie paused

awake? I thought you’d

she’d been under had

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