Return

Quick and painless. Right?

***

Upon entering his house, Keanu glanced at his phone's lock screen - it exploded with one notification after the other. Unanswered texts and emails, voicemails, missed calls.

The days grew longer.

For days, he did nothing.

He would resume his work someday, he decided.

The house was lonely.

He felt as if he were trapped in a deep slumber, unable to wake up.