C49 Rock bottom

Date = 13 June

Place = San Francisco (UCSF Medical Center)

POV - Aria

The air thickens again. My pulse won’t calm. My nails are crescents of white where they’re digging into the wall. I’ve heard enough to know the truth is even worse than the lies.

‘Fire on fire would normally kill us, but this much desire …’

My phone blares in the quiet corridor, the melody shrill