I Gave Away the Birthday Chocolates, Then the Screaming Started

there.

So when the chocolates arrived, I didn’t feel loved.

I felt watched.

The box showed up on a Tuesday. I came home from a double shift at the firm, shoulders sore from hunching over spreadsheets, eyes sandpaper-dry from staring at a screen, brain buzzing from too much coffee. I nearly tripped over a glossy white package sitting neatly outside my continue reading …