CHAPTER 88: LOST AND FOUND: A JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY

With a deafening crash, the car slammed into a building, the impact jarring Caleb to his senses. Pain shot through his body, his head spinning as he tried to focus through the haze of confusion and shock. Glass shattered, metal groaned, and in the distance, the sound of sirens wailed, a dark melody to the chaos that surrounded him. Caleb groaned, his body aching with every breath, every movement. Shaking off the shock of the crash, Caleb staggered from the car, his legs wobbly and his vision blurred. Blood trickled from a gash on his forehead, but he ignored the stinging pain, his thoughts a dark haze of rage and frustration. He stumbled toward a nearby bar, its neon lights a siren song of escape. As he walked, the world seemed to spin around him, his thoughts echoing in his mind like a broken record. “I’m done,” he muttered, the words a mantra of defeat. “I’m done with her. Caleb stumbled into the dimly lit bar, the smell of alcohol and smoke thick in the air. He took a seat at th