RETURN OF THE FORGETFUL HEIR

STRANGER DANGER

Mackenzie Milton got home earlier than usual that day. Usually, when board meetings were held, he came back home late. But not today. Today, the board meeting had ended on a rough note and Mackenzie could not bring himself to stay back at the company for work. The other board members, he knew, would go back to work in their different departments to finish work for the day, but he just could not do so.

He entered the house in the usual silent manner about him. Mackenzie was a quiet man who hardly spoke, and did so only when he found it necessary. Or that was the man he used to be before he got himself involved with Cassandra. He met an almost drunk Cassandra in the living room, sipping on alcohol straight from a bottle.

"Oh, for goodness sake." He muttered under his breath. He was tired of having to come back from the office every day just to meet Cassandra drunk or in the process of getting shitfaced.

"Cassy, are you at it again?" He asked the woman who just took another swig from t