He Felt His World Shatter
When those words left the woman’s lips on the other end of the telephone, David felt his entire universe collapse in on itself at that exact moment, and all of the worst-case scenarios he had been shoving to the back of his mind began to resurface…
Trying To Calm Down
Without saying anything else, David hung up the phone with the motel. He stayed motionless for 15 minutes with the horn in his hand, pondering what he should do next. He realized he needed a strategy that wasn’t purely based on his current feelings and tried to relax.