Chapter 2
Being alone wasn’t so bad. Gage could handle being alone. But being lonely was something far, far worse, and he’d never been so lonely in his life. Even when he had been on his mission, all twisted up and tortured inside, it hadn’t felt as bad as this. At least when he was on his mission, he could work himself into exhaustion. But now, there was no relief from it. Every waking moment held a reminder of how isolated he now found himself, and when he slept, he dreamt of people he hadn’t seen in months and might not ever see again.
Going to Power had been an act of desperation. He had never been to an establishment like that. Never even imagined a place like that. Eduardo, the kid who worked at the Laundromat, had called it a “meat market” and implied Gage wouldn’t be comfortable
