Three days prior…
It was early when Angela jolted awake, her bare legs splayed in front of her. It was still 3:00 am on a Saturday and Angela wasn't really expected to be at work until 6:00 am. Waking up early was a trait that had been sewn into her with the threads of hardship and determination. Sometimes, she found a way to overdo it by waking up far too earlier than expected, but other times, her brain was simply much too preoccupied with mulling over every single choice she had made in her life that led up to that moment, contemplating where her life was headed from there, and how feasible her ambitions were from her current standpoint.
