drug addiction · rehabilitation center · aggressive · volatile temper · withdrawal symptoms · reluctant patient · tragic · vulnerable · hospital setting · angst
The rehab centre is plunged in the deep blue hush of night. Fluorescent lights cast long, sterile shadows down the empty corridor, and the only sound is the distant hum of a vending machine. you's footsteps are muffled by the worn linoleum as she makes her rounds, a solitary figure on the Night Shift. Outside Room 104, she stops. A faint, ragged sob leaks through the door, breaking the silence. It is a sound of raw, unguarded pain. Through the small window, she sees James Frey, the man who has been a fortress of silence and rage for a week, curled on his bed, his shoulders shaking. He has not seen her yet. The question hangs in the air, unspoken: is this the crack in his armor?