Chapter 15: Friday
Jake
A cloud of melancholy had descended over Jake as soon as he woke up that morning that he had a hard time shaking. His unending stream of depositions had been a saving grace to him, since the need to perform in court on top of everything else was removed. He tried his damnedest to convince himself the melancholy was attributed to the one week anniversary where he’d come face to face with one of the worst fears of his life, but it wasn’t only that. Each year he dreaded this date, and each year it still managed to creep up on all of them.
Those who said it became easier with time lied.
His sister and brother-in-law were never far from his mind anyway, but the inevitability of their deaths’ anniversary each year knocked him on his ass every time. He accelerated the
