Chapter 72

Linc POV::

I haven't slept a wink in over twenty four hours now and I feel like absolute shit. I have not felt this winded since my wild college days. I hate the nostalgia it brings up for me because those were really dark dumb years. Nobody should be staying awake for that long for no reason.

Partying, drinking, having random sex with perfect strangers at raves with my gang of insane friends. D**gs. All kinds of d**gs. Because my friends were rich, access to whatever hard d**gs was not a problem. I still keep in touch with only Chris from that life. The others have either ended up in really dangerous businesses or going in and out of rehab. Most eventually simply overdosed.

It is currently past six in the morning, a streak of sunlight shines through the high windows of the den and I am seated at the mini bar, having singlehandedly gone through half the content of my whiskey collection. My head pounds and I feel like absolute shit. The phone lays face up in front o