Category: Book

Though Mitch had only been away for a few weeks, the loft already felt alien; hostile, even. The interior featured a color scheme of black and white and chrome, sterile without much trace of personality. There were a large few paintings hung up -likely worth thousands of dollars- but their compositions were made up of…

“Everything alright?” inquired Avi. His expression communicated the self-awareness of what a dumb question that was. “Fantastic. Let’s get this over with.” Mitch unbuckled his seatbelt without issue, but the passenger side door was still a challenge with his limited range of motion. “Do you want some hel-” Avi started to ask, but Mitch cut…

“It’s up here on the right.” Mitch pointed to the tall building that he once called home. Avi nodded, but his attention was fixed on the bay across the street. “Wow, you were right next to the ocean, huh?” he asked. “Yeah, views are pretty good,” admitted Mitch. He would rather not acknowledge any of…

Avi adjusted the rearview mirror and cleared his throat. “Hey, so,” he started in a fragile tone, the type that Mitch absolutely loathed, words made out of delicate crystal that were on the verge of crackling. But then the cadence kicked up as he continued. “For what it’s worth -and it’s probably not much- but…

Up until they reached the Mass Pike merger, they made good time. Then came the slowdown. “How is there traffic on a Saturday?” Mitch complained. “This was always my least favorite part of staying over Jodie’s, having to get through this.”  “Don’t know why, this is superb,” Avi said flatly. Yet, they were still in…

Mitch coughed to break up the droning noise that permeated throughout the car. “Hey, so. The whole ‘you don’t know me‘ garbage? That…was shitty of me. I do appreciate the ride, though. You didn’t have to do this.” “Don’t mention it,” Avi gently replied, then followed up with, “I uh, sort of panic offered-“ “UGH,…

“Did you make me pay for something that I won’t-” Mitch sighed and opted to change the subject. “OK. Anyway, as I was saying, all I can think about recently is ‘Rearviewmirror’, and I don’t wanna be requesting moody shit like that while I internally freak out about my ex. Does that make any sense?”  …

“Alrighty then. Shall we?” Avi opened the front door with keys in his hand, and Mitch mumbled a quick “thanks” before he walked over to the Honda Fit. It was much cleaner than his or Jodie’s car, without a single napkin or fast food bag littering the floor. Avi opened the back driver’s side door…

The fact that Mitch got any sleep at all was nothing short of a miracle. He chalked it down to a stress response, like his body would actually kill him if he didn’t rest. His heart was already faulty enough, after all; the horizontal scar down his sternum from two open-heart procedures was evidence of…

“What a show!” Jodie collapsed into her office chair, while Mitch sprawled out onto the old couch. Pay envelopes were dispensed, the building cleaned up, and aside from a few roster members that were indecisive about where they wanted to go drink, everyone else cleared out. “That it was.” Mitch distantly responded while he mulled…