I felt like I was under water. My ears hummed, and my mind idled. I simply couldn’t think. I knew Vinni was talking about something, but I couldn’t follow. Everything and everyone just seemed to flow around me as though I was in a vacuum. Since the conversation with The Finder, I seemed to be stuck in time, not moving forward or backward, just nothing. My phone buzzed next to me, and I glanced at the screen.
Tieri: It’s been a while. I know you have a lot going on, but how about drinks Friday night?
I blinked and was tossed into a memory.
“I’ve known you for, what, six months now?” Tieri, the name he insisted on going by, grabbed the bottle of rum from the table and helped himself to a glass. “Every time I leave you alone and return, you have that same face on.”
“Your point?”
“Have yo
