36 Landon Day four of no response from Heidi. Not even a text telling me to f**k off and leave her alone. I was going totally insane. The only thing keeping me from banging her door down was the reassurance from Emery and my family that Heidi needed time. Time. That sick fucker. It was turning into my least favorite word in existence. Something I had no control over. Something that constantly hounded me. Something that was impossible to run from or escape. An endless snake eternally eating its tail. Laughing at me. And how finite my life was. I brushed aside the thoughts that continued to plague me and sent Austin’s third call to voice mail. I knew he wanted to go out and drink. We’d done it every night since Heidi was unceremoniously fired and then dumped me. It had been a welc

