"NEMESIS..."
He was drained when his back hit his swivel chair. Exhaustedly, his hand found its way to cover his face. His chest felt like it was falling off his body, and yet all he could do was sit there and try not to make any strange sound. No... no sound at all that could get Kimberly's attention. He knew she was close, probably just in the other room.
'Keep calm. Stay okay. You gotta understand...'
Moments more, and Jace drew a hard breath. He could feel his eyes heating up again, but just any other day, he denied himself the right to cry. 'Hold it, brawler. Just hold it...'
"D*mn!"
It was out of his control when his hands hit his desk. The impact made all the things on top of the desk fell.
Then as if it was a joke,
