Chapter Fourteen

Sebastian

"Are you happy, Beth?" I ask aloud as I shower. "You should be; I'm going out tonight," I announce sourly. I'm not sure why I'm blaming her; it's not as if she asked...

Heck, what am I saying?

Of course, I know why I'm upset with her. It's because she left me again, and I'm going out to spite her.

Getting ready for the evening seems somewhat surreal because it's been a good while since I've done anything for myself. But there's no point in moping around the house alone whilst Tina has Melody. I don't think my mind would like where it wanders.

So I shower and trim my newfound beard, letting the dark hair stain my face as I run in some oil Beth had once gotten me for Christmas through it.

I also gel my hair back for the first time in months. Yet the man staring back at me in the mirror isn't someone I recognise.

His eyes are sunken and hold a pain like no other. A pain that once upon a time I had never dreamed of, but now I'm walking alongside as if we were the best of friends