Gloom

Chapter 201

I got up, feeling like everything was spinning around me. I could see Tyler shaking his head and sighing, but he didn't say anything else to try to stop me from leaving.

Without saying anything else, I strode towards the exit.

The cold outside suddenly chilled me. The fact that she was still wearing her skirt from work had a lot to do with it, but also the fact that it might rain soon. I began to walk at a fast pace down the sidewalk, turning my head from side to side almost desperately, paying attention to every face around me, to every person nearby. However, it didn't take me long to realize that this was in vain. The world was perceived differently in this state, more diffuse, more chaotic and strange. Things that were supposed to be seen at normal speed, like cars and people passing by, weren't and that quickly scared me. Going out alone, as she was, was a terrible idea.

When I saw that I had already advanced to the middle of the street, the weight of the possible consequences fe