Part 1:
Lam opens the door for the last time. He sees the walls coated in sky blue. He sees the small bed neatly arranged at the center of the room. The floor around the bed is littered with various objects which have not yet been stored away.The dim lights show a blinking computer monitor that was not shut down properly. He closes the door after one final gaze as he sees the future that will never be.
He leaves the house and makes his way to his office. He sees that it is already mid-morning and people walk briskly around him as he slowly drags his feet towards his destination.
"Where have you been?!" are the first words he hears upon entering the office. He sees his boss of five years glaring at him with a look of annoyance. "You were supposed to lead a presentation this morning or have you forgotten? Your team barely made it through there alive after the general managers were done!"
"I'm leaving" Lam says.
"What!?" His boss screams out.
"I have to go"
His boss peers at him and just notices how disheveled he looks. She snaps her eyes to the visible desks around her and the office starts to busy itself once more.
"What happened Lam?" she asked in an urgent whisper only to find the spot where Lam had stood to be empty.
Lam took the stairs down from the tenth floor office. Each step down making him think - what if.
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