The Night Before I Knew Him
It's messy but detailed — the way his hair falls, that tight mouth, the brow that always looks like it’s suppressing some cruel thought.
I never show people my drawings. It’s just a thing I do. To vent, and keep myself sane.
The pen suddenly stutters, ink cutting out halfway through another angry line. "Seriously?" I shake it.
A weird idea suddenly pops into my head — maybe I should mail it to him, no return address, just the sketch and the words: You're the problem.
Because he's technically the PROBLEM. Everything happening to me is his fault. I was normal before I join that company –