Catharsis, however, did not come without a fight.

He looked over at his nightstand again. This is doing me no good.  No good at all. He left his bedroom, making the hairpin turn in the average-sized-for-average-sized people hallway of his apartment.  On the kitchen counter was a bottle of Jameson.  He grabbed it, and last night’s shot glass, and walked toward his couch.  […]