Treasure had just settled onto the couch with a cup of hot tea, steam curling up like a ghost against the cool evening air. The soft drumming of rain against her window provided a comforting background as she flicked through a tattered book, the pages dog-eared from countless readings. The soothing monotony of her quiet life had become a new normal after the whirlwind of living on the edge with Blake. She looked around the house feeling content at all she had accomplished with the help of Jake. 'Oh Jake, how I miss him. I hope he understood why I had to send him away.'
Treasure sips her tea sighing letting her body get truly relax. But the stillness, however, was abruptly shattered by the sharp trill of her phone.
She glanced at the screen. An unknown number lit up in stark contrast to t
