Chapter 43: Epilogue, Part 2: Mason

Two years later...

It was still fucking daytime, but with all the cur-tains closed and windows covered, the room looked dark. Not that I gave a damn what time it was outside, because I didn't plan on leaving my home.

There was a part of me that was angry for locking myself in, and feeling sorry for myself. I still wouldn't leave the house, though.

I didn't have the courage to leave, after all. Not anymore.

"Fuck, this is boring," I grumbled, drinking the last of my beer, then crushed the can and tossed it in my trashcan. The can went in, and I smirked, but it quickly dropped with a sigh as my eyes turned back to the TV. "If they're gonna show this kind of play to people, they at least need better players."

Like me, I thought, then cast that thought away, too. It was a dangerous thought to have for me recently, but sometimes, I couldn't keep myself from wishing.

I was watching a football game, and it was already in its last quarter. I wasn't on either side, but the team on t