FREDRIC'S POV

I don't know why I keep giving in to Paula's whims. But now, standing outside her apartment, maybe using that stuff just once wouldn't be so bad.

"Paula?" I called out. The place was deathly quiet, as if devoid of life.

Normally, the noise of neighbors could be heard, but this atmosphere felt exactly like the current state of my heart.

The door swung open, and I was startled by a blonde woman whose eyes were completely gone to the drugs.

"Who—?"

"Get in, you idiot!" she yelled.

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