The Birthday That Buried Us
"Dr. Tyler? He got fired months ago. I heard he's drowning in debt and working at a bar as a waiter now."
"Well, serves him right. He cheated on his wife, didn't he? Drove his own foster mother to her death."
"Damn. That woman who married him must've had the worst luck imaginable."
Mike must have heard them because his face went completely ashen.
Then, through the murmurs and whispers, his eyes locked onto mine.
He must have known what they were saying, how they were tearing him apart. But at that moment, he looked more afraid of me than of them.