Chapter 24

[Alexander]

Gloom was all around me, as I had just finished painting my living room. Gone was my Dolce & Gabbana suit from this morning’s impromptu meeting with Mr. Gasser’s accountant, and in its place was the oldest denim pants and faded blue t-shirt. Most of the blues I wore was now turned to grey from all the stains, and as the grey walls hugged me, I felt the strong urge to throw whatever was left in the paint tin over my head and just drown in the sorrow.

Almost a week had passed since I last saw her. To any normal person, meeting someone in the span of a few days wasn’t enough to feel the way I was feeling. Anyone who knew what I was going through - and made it a concerted effort not to let anyone know - would say I was insane to fall head over heels for a woman I knew nothing about, not even her last name.

But that’s how I spent my days; cooped up in my own apartment when I didn’t have anywhere to be, feeling painfully sorry f