A Devilishly Dark Deal
“Because Grace wasn’t with him, the evening was quickly taking on the quality of a nightmare. The two of them had only been apart for a few short hours, but already it felt like an eternity. There was a dull ache inside his chest, his appetite had completely disappeared, and he could hardly summon up the energy or interest to talk to his friends.
Friends … The word seemed to mock him as he glanced round at the faces of colleagues past and present. Why were all his so-called friendships work-related? he pondered. The reason he’d agreed to accept the invitation to join them tonight and had scrapped his intention to go to his yacht was because he hadn’t wanted to be alone with his thoughts. He hadn’t wanted to be alone, per se. Yet it hardly helped that the people at dinner weren’t real friends at all.
Marco reflected that no doubt his driven desire to be a success had severed any possibility of making genuine friends from all walks of life, instead of just the elite he’d worked s...o hard to join.MoreLess
Friends … The word seemed to mock him as he glanced round at the faces of colleagues past and present. Why were all his so-called friendships work-related? he pondered. The reason he’d agreed to accept the invitation to join them tonight and had scrapped his intention to go to his yacht was because he hadn’t wanted to be alone with his thoughts. He hadn’t wanted to be alone, per se. Yet it hardly helped that the people at dinner weren’t real friends at all.
Marco reflected that no doubt his driven desire to be a success had severed any possibility of making genuine friends from all walks of life, instead of just the elite he’d worked s...o hard to join.MoreLess
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