Introduction [excerpt] The following manuscript is a work of fiction that has been in progress over the course of the past six months. It began when taking a Fiction Seminar course (EN 611) with Alex Gilvarry this past fall semester, 2021, as a rather straightforward workshop piece exploring grief, addiction, life and death.... The story is broken into ten chapters, each offering one or several vignettes or memories experienced by the characters. My main goal in doing this was to allow flexibility among...