Fading to Zero
As luck would have it, the apartment my agent found was also close to the office.
I began my new life in high spirits just like that.
With my managers investing heavily in my development, I advanced rapidly and soon passed my probation period. Immersed in work, I gradually forgot all the pain and unhappiness of the past.
Hence, when Zach suddenly blocked my path outside the office building, I felt more surprised than anything else. I had only been away from him for three months. Yet it felt as though our last meeting belonged to another lifetime.
He looked nothing like the man I remembered. His beard was unkempt, his face was drawn and exhausted. The dark circles beneath his eyes and the hol