Chapter 81

ALEX

I listened. I listened to him talk. It was like I was listening to a radio station and I had no other choice than to listen.

His words cut deep into my soul. It sent more than daggers into my mind and the question I had in my mind was just simple.

It was a question of, “what was the whole point?” Like, what was the whole point of me coming to New York in the first place. It was like I came here to play around. The total months I've been here was a waste. It was about six months, and now it was a waste.

It was as if all the dreams and aspirations I had carried with me had been swallowed by the towering skyscrapers of New York city that surrounded me.

I sniffed and dropped my phone on the table. The city that was once filled with promise for me if I came was now poisonous and being here, it felt like a prison, trapping me in a life that offered no fulfillment.

Damn! Damn Blake Crow! Damn him to the hottest part of hell.

As I watched the towering buildings, I couldn’t help but q