Chapter 40

After finishing the dinner dishes, I sent the kids back to their rooms and went to mine.

Then I sat on the bed for a moment, staring blankly into the darkness before me.

It feels like I only woke up a few hours ago, but it’s already night.

Breakfast, college, my part-time job, dinner.

A hectic life makes it hard to notice how much pain you’re in.

But it’s not like I suddenly realized I was full of wounds or anything.

Everything goes by without a hitch.

I don’t go out drinking, I don’t have anyone I’d call a friend, and when school or work is over, there’s nothing else to do.

All I do is think, Huh, it’s already been two years since I became an adult.

I just live my life thinking this is what being an adult is like...