Page 42 of Filthy Lawyer

“Why?”

“Because he doesn’t need to know that he’ll never be the best guy you’ve ever had.”

IMPOSSIBILITY (N.)

WHEN AN ACT CANNOT BE PERFORMED DUE TO NATURE, PHYSICAL IMPEDIMENTS OR UNFORESEEN EVENTS

DAMIEN

There’s no way she’s considering sleeping with someone else.

I shut my eyes as I stood under hot shower streams, trying not to let Elizabeth’s words slip under my skin.

It was no use, though.

Ever since “the incident,” my brain defaulted to thoughts of me pounding in her again whenever I wasn’t doing any work.

Shit.

I turned off the water and quickly dressed before driving to the office.

A box was waiting for me with a return address that belonged to my therapist.

Carrying it upstairs to my floor, I paused as I overheard pear music floating down the halls.

For some reason, Elizabeth played this when she worked late at night: that, or some strange monologue.

She wasn’t there, so I turned off the music and noticed a note on her desk.

Per my employment agreement, I will be out of town for the next two days this weekend.

Thank you.

I’d never agreed to that, but I didn’t bother challenging it this time.

I needed a break from seeing her anyway.

Opening the box from my therapist, I spotted a huge white bottle.

Mr. Carter,

This drug just passed the trial phase with a 99.9% success rate for insomniacs. Every user reported sleeping twice their regular hours after the first dose.

Please try this as soon as possible and let me know if it helps.

Sincerely,

Dr. J. Mathis

I immediately took one and headed to my bedroom suite on our top floor.

Hitting the lights, I shut my eyes and waited.

I wokeup thirty minutes later.

And I struggled to sleep longer than that for the rest of the weekend.

SETTLE (V.)

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