Nearly everyone I passed gave me a wide berth. It made getting to the library a lot easier. I entered with a soft sight, breathing in the scent of book and the faint sterile scent in the air. The school had installed a bunch of UV air filters to keep the books in peak condition.
The library was quiet, the kind of silence that felt almost oppressive as I sat at one of the computers, trying to ignore the gnawing feeling in my gut. I didn't have a lot of time to plot a way to get my things, at least the laptop I used for school. Philip's grip on my life had always been a bit suffocating, but now It felt like he had his hands around my throat.
Part of me had always known I'd end up in a position like this one day. It was part of why I pursued a career in Finance, specifically a Master's in A
