Adam didn't know how people should've been living their lives. Perhaps people never had a choice to begin with. Perhaps rather than choosing one's lifestyle, one's lifestyle chose them. At the very least, the latter was the case for Adam.

He was very envious of the slow-paced lifestyle led by the people around him, but he was unable to stop and join them.

He wanted to know the truth, and he had already been swept up by the deluge, so he no longer had a choice in what future path he was going to take.

"We need to get going." 

Shae also seemed to be experiencing the same emotions as Adam, and she shook her head wistfully as she looked at a man who was casually sitting in a long wooden corridor in front of the entrance of a vintage pub.

 "We can grab a drink here after the job is done."

"Sure." 

It was often the case that emotional bonds arose between people who went through similar experiences,...