AXEL
The sky was gray with the first signs of a new day breaking the darkness by the time I left the Bishop family home. Somehow, that evidence that the night had passed and life and time continued just darkened my mood further.
There hadn’t been anything else to add to the discussion. Samuel was too stubborn and intoxicated to see reason and matters weren’t helped when Angela’s father called demanding to know why his daughter was locked up. I left before I could be dragged into it.
Now ten minutes later, stopped at a red traffic light, I wondered why I had even bothered to speak with Samuel in the first place. Confirming he had cheated on my mother didn’t change anything. Not in the grand scheme of things.
My eyes narrowed at the road ahead, still illuminated by the streetlights. Th
