Chapter 73

It was only eight o’clock in the evening, but I was suddenly tired. I put away the unopened beer and emptied the rest of mine down the sink. After turning off all the lights downstairs, I headed up to my room to get ready for bed. I would probably work on the unfinished crossword puzzle on the bedside table, or read something. I didn’t know. I was out of sorts.

The past twenty-four hours had been a bit of a mind fuck. My friends and my own kid had more going on in their lives than I did. And the reality of their happiness floored me. I brushed my teeth and washed up alittle at the sink. Before I turned off the light, I took a long hard look at myself in the mirror.