"Just leave me alone," Wes muttered, splashing cold water on his face.
"I know the weight of the phone in your pocket that you keep checking for a text. I know the shape of the regret sitting in your chest like a stone," Ghat said. A faint, magenta light began to bleed from beneath the stall door. "But more importantly, I know what is coming. My father is hungry, Wes. Not for bread, but for the light of every star you’ve ever looked at." Glorious(2022)
The air in the rest stop bathroom tasted like copper and old bleach. Wes slumped against the grout-stained wall, his eyes stinging from a night spent drinking away the memory of a woman who wasn't coming back. He just wanted to wash his face and disappear into the asphalt of the highway. "A little early for a breakdown, isn't it?" "Just leave me alone," Wes muttered, splashing cold
"I’m afraid I can’t do that, Wes," the voice replied. There was a warmth to it that felt dangerous, like a furnace left open. "My name is Ghat. And I have a favor to ask. A favor for the universe." A faint, magenta light began to bleed from