In a world of wreck and ruin, I was broken beyond repair. City lights and colour were nothing more than places of hopeless dreams and dark shadows where I fought for survival—for a freedom that didn’t seem to exist. Guilt and regret were all I knew—all I deserved—and I welcomed them with open arms, taking every hit that brought me to my knees. I embraced the ghosts that weighed heavy. I fed my demons with whiskey and aggression. I was lost in the darkness of my own twisted mind with nothing and no one. Until her. She changed me. She changed everything. And I’ve never hated anyone more. I loathe her for making me fall.