Chapter 36

Augustus

My head starts to ache as soon as I open my eyes like a thousand bulldozers passed over it. Fucking hangover… Recollecting the events from yesterday makes the condition worse. I rush two tablets of Tylenol into my throat and gulp down the uneasiness that starts settling down. My angel will be gone today. The brightness in my life will soon be replaced by a doleful dark. My heart bleeds like a reprehensible soul craving for her luminescence. I hold my head tight as if it could ease the pain and decide to leave the abode before she absconds.

Buttoning up my crisp blue shirt with a complimentary tie I walk through the corridor taking rapid long strides with my coat hanging on one of my arms. I am supposed to have my breakfast and head for a meeting in my office which is to start at nine but my stance betrays me. I push the sleeves of my hand covering the Rolex and make a note of the time. I still had ten minutes of buffer left with me. I wasn&rsquo