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Sierra pushed open the door to Ethan Hales’s room and stepped inside.

Ever since he returned home recently, he had locked himself away in his room, drowning in a dark, lingering funk.

“What’s been bothering you these past few days, son?” Sierra asked, her voice soft with worry.

“Oh, it’s nothing. Just work stuff,” Ethan Hales replied distractedly.

Things had been going terribly for him lately