The car was quiet as Thomas drove me home from Sophia's place. Infact, to me, I felt that it was too quiet.
It was no surprise why though. Thomas had long since learned not to ask questions when my jaw was clenched and my eyes were glued to the road like I was trying to burn a hole through it. He was smart that way. It was either that or the last time he asked if I was okay, I snapped something about lawyers and threw a book at him. Who knows?
Anyway, I didn't really know. All that mattered to me was that tonight, even the silence had weight that I wasn't comfortable with at all.
As I slumped deeper into the leather seat of that vehicle, I loosened my tie as the lights of Los Angeles blurred past us. The city looked the same but everything inside me had shifted.
“How long will it take
