Nick was too late. Yeap, so simple. He simply was too late. He always managed to get to Ellis in time even when it wasn’t so necessary. And this time he didn’t. He received what he wanted – Ellis finally shut up. But that didn’t bring any joy. Only stupor. Numbness. Shock. And when he realized, this indescribably heavy reality fell on him. It smashed him, strangled with hundreds of hands, made him shake, made him suffocate from crying, not letting him move even a finger. It broke him and hastily gathered him back just to break again…