“Welcome. Please make your way to room 312 on the third floor. They are awaiting your arrival,” Nodding, he stepped past the youthful, petite woman perched behind a desk, quite probably double her height.
Her attire consisted of a simple, sky blue dress. Beaming, she waved him off. Striding towards the double doors, his heartbeat pounded relentlessly in his chest. His reluctant family lingered by the doors, their faces blurring and fading with each passing second. The slight ringing in his head gradually grew from a bare existence to an overpowering, deafening pitch. With each thump, step after step he made his way to the third floor.
Room 312. Staring at those numbers before him, he pushed open the heavy, ivory doors. He...