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Chris looked at the invitation with a sense of tired emptiness. His sister Amelia was heading off to university and his parents were throwing her a leaving party. Chris, being 28, constantly working and living away in another city, felt like a complete outsider to his own family. Here he was tired, groggy and sick of his life, while his 18 year old sister was heading off to university to start a new life full of optimism and happiness. Chris ripped up the invitation and caught a reflection of himself in the mirror. Scruffy blonde hair, baggy eyes and a lingering 5 o'clock shadow, Chris despised what he had become. A mindless drone of a worker

Chris looked at the invitation with a sense of tired emptiness. His sister Amelia was heading off to university and his parents were throwing her a leaving party. Chris, being 28, constantly working and living away in another city, felt like a complete outsider to his own family. Here he was tired, groggy and sick of his life, while his 18 year old sister was heading off to university to start a new life full of optimism and happiness. Chris ripped up the invitation and caught a reflection of himself in the mirror. Scruffy blonde hair, baggy eyes and a lingering 5 o'clock shadow, Chris despised what he had become. A mindless drone of a worker