Much Older
Even though only sixteen years had passed, time hadn’t been kind to Joe. The stress and depression had aged him rapidly. He was a lonely man who didn’t ever hang out with anybody. He just didn’t have it in him anymore.
His heart had been shattered, and no one had managed to pick up the pieces. But that’s when nostalgia came to him.
He smelled something he had many times before. But it couldn’t be, could it?