Fall Asleep And I’ll Take Over

Diane dragged her feet out of the building and the receptionist seemed to catch her saddened expression and reacted with a wide smile. "Come again". She snickered as Diane exited the building.

Her steps echoed along the pavement and everything else seemed to have gone silent. Her mind was empty as to her next move.

She couldn't abandon her few belongings as they held too many memories and were what she'd bought while working during the years. But paying the rent to retrieve everything would leave her stranded in Fredo. She bit her lip in an attempt to hold back the feeling of hopelessness. 'Strong women don't cry'.

Those words.... why did they feel so nostalgic?

The driver dropped her at an electronics store although she hadn't remembered telling him to do so. She went in to buy a cheap phone for about two hundred dollars and a SIM card.