At the Ellison residence, the evening was quiet.
Maren hadn't been home in a long time. After a lengthy chat with her parents downstairs, she finally retreated to her room.
Now that she finally had a vacation to relax, she found herself oddly adrift. For over two decades, her life had been a relentless cycle of studying and working. The sole exception to that rule had been Callum...
Maren shook her head. A whole year had passed without a single thought of him, so why did he suddenly drift back into her mind today?
Probably that phone call of his.
Fresh from a shower, she noticed a missed call from Felix blinking on her phone. Worried it might be urgent, she immediately dialed him back.
After a beat of awkward silence, Felix's voice crackled through the speaker, tinged with embarrass
