TOBIAS
The office had become my sanctuary of solitude. The walls were drenched in my sadness, slow sighs, and guilt-ridden glances. During the last week, since Mariel confirmed our suspicions that we wouldn't be parents, I had avoided contact with the outside world. The walls that once vibrated with ideas and energy now echoed with the sound of my despondency.
It's not that I wanted to feel this way, but maybe I built my hopes on nothing, meaning there was no certainty she would get pregnant after our wedding or that previous night.
I suppose that… it was good for her.
Every day, I immersed myself in a sea of paperwork and emails, trying to drown my thoughts in work. But the void left by the news was too great, a dark abyss that couldn't be filled with mundane tasks. The office, my sa
