Chapter 44: Epilogue, Part 3: Mason

It would be a lie to say I didn't mind. I wasn't in the mood to see anyone, but how long had it been since I left the hospital? I had been alone in all that time, and I'd been a people person before. I had a feeling being alone was only making me even more depressed, but I didn't feel like doing a thing about it, either. I had friends, and if none of them were going to reach out to me, in my current condition, I didn't have the confidence to be the one to reach out to them.

"Now I really need that beer," I grumbled to my-self, leaning forward, bracing my hands on the couch to push myself up.