Straight Until Him
Marcus’s POV
I hate silence. Silence messes with me, seriously. My thoughts get loud; unbearably, annoyingly loud. Yet here I am, holed up in this crappy safe house way out past where anyone decent bothers to visit. Curtains shut so tight you’d think sunlight was illegal. TV’s just pointless background noise, volume all the way down. My phone’s going nuts, vibrating off the table like it’s possessed, and nope, I’m not picking that up. Not a chance. Feels like the city outside is shrinking, squeezing me smaller by the minute. For once, and I kind of hate to admit it, I have zero idea how to dig myself outta this mess.