Seeking calm, but…
Kevin always loved being alone in nature, away from traffic, voices, and endless screens. He had started this hike several hours earlier and hadn’t crossed paths with another human being since, which suited him perfectly. The forest surrounded him with its soft soundtrack—birds trilling overhead and wind shaking loose branches. Isolation calmed him, as though he had escaped the world. But this comforting solitude would soon become the very thing he regretted more than anything else imaginable.
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