Ch. 51

WRITER'S POV

Jack knew there was a time in his life when he faced loneliness. That time he was sleeping peacefully at the hospital while fighting for his life.

There was also the time he woke up and there was no one beside him, expecting him to wake up and never fall asleep again if possible.

He thought that was the kind of loneliness that was heart ripping until the past few days. Time they say waits for nobody, but Jack noticed that time was going slower than before.

It seemed to be intentionally irritating him and mocking him for letting his life shatter again because of one single mistake that he could have avoided if he hadn't been too considerate.

Going to work, trying to read, jogging and visiting the plantation were all measures to get over Vera. There was a vast emptiness in his heart that he felt it would burst one day and he would go back to sleep.

He has never spent a New Year's night alone. No matter what happened, someone would come or call, and there's Tim who has alway