C40 This madness

Ethan sat slumped in the parlor, staring blankly at the floor, his mind consumed by thoughts of Callie. The days without her felt like a slow suffocation, and the pain of not knowing where she was, or if she was even alive, gnawed at him relentlessly.

His mother, Charlotte, looked over at him from the dining table, her face filled with concern.

“Ethan,” she said softly