Chapter 1: Introduction
I let out a heavy sigh , leaning back in my desk chair. The cheap plastic cracked beneath my weight, the incessant screeching piercing the heavy silence that had settled in our room since this morning. I couldn't take it anymore. The damp, musty odor of our dorm room clung to the air like a second skin, suffocating me, and the lingering scent of Tyrone's cheap cologne only served to amplify my growing frustration.