After Vivienne left, Sebastian shut himself inside the study for two full days and nights. He did not turn on a light, did not open the curtains. He simply sat there in the dark. The computer screen was the only source of light, and over and over, mechanically, he went through everything stored on the cloud drive. The photographs. The reports. The list that mapped out every detail of the rest of his life for him.
His phone rang countless times in the living room. There were frantic calls from his parents, gut-wrenching blames from Linnea's parents, and a flood of messages in The Old Gang group chat. He did not answer a single call, did not read a single message.
On the morning of the third day, Sebastian finally rose from the chair. He walked out of the study and opened The Old Gang chat
