Synopsis

The air in the precinct was thick with unspoken things. Ric shifted from foot to foot, a nervous energy radiating off him like heat. He’d agreed to this meeting – a visit to Nic – but the carefully constructed facade of normalcy felt paper-thin. He desperately wanted to conceal the mounting debts, the looming foreclosure on his house; each detail a fresh wound he couldn't bear to expose. As they approached Nic, Ric’s practiced composure threatened to crumble. The weight of his secrets pressed do