Three Cups of Morning Coffee at the Oakhaven Diner Changed Everything

wanted a single cup, Clara. Just to clear the fog.”

“Your system is detoxifying,” she said. “The fatigue is simply a bio-marker of dependency. We have to break the cycle.”

I sat at the table and leaned my head against my hand.

The wood felt cold against my palm, and the headache throbbed in time with my pulse.

Clara set a heavy ceramic mug of hot green continue reading …