Fate's Intervention

His breaths ran rapid, his heart raced; his hands shook… reliving the events of the afternoon. Rejection is a terrible thing; it can drive you to become a version of yourself that you never knew existed… to taking actions you never would have imagined.
When faced with life's harsh realities… with, what feels to be, a fate worse than death… how do you manage? How do you cope? Or do you?