After John had Sabrina locked up, he did not feel the satisfaction he had expected. Instead, a nameless anger lodged in his chest.
He left with Lana and went to the private club he often visited, downing glass after glass of hard liquor.
Lana stayed by his side, speaking gently as she tried to comfort him. She told him he had done the right thing, that he had exposed Sabrina's true colors and freed himself from her lies. But John only found her words grating. All he could see in his mind was the look in Sabrina's eyes when she stared at him, and the glaring blood at her temple.
The alcohol failed to numb him. Instead, it made the irritation in his heart even sharper.
In the end, he passed out drunk in one of the club's suites.
It was not until the next afternoon that John was awakened
