Sophia

The lit corridor outside Vince’s office felt suffocating, the air thick with an oppressive tension that seemed to seep from the very walls. My footsteps echoed in the silence, each step weighed down by the heavy burden of the past few days. Vince and I had been skirting around something, a storm of unspoken words and buried emotions that neither of us seemed willing to confront. I wasn’t sure if I was ready for what might happen when we finally did.