INT. - RAY'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Cici stood in the darkness, looking down at Ray's sleeping face. Beloved face, so sweet and open in her rest. Cici's chest tightened, choking off her air while her body trembled softly in the faint moonlight reaching through the tall window next to the bed.

Her phone buzzed in her hand. She'd been expecting this text, dreading it. Hating and longing for it all at once. Even as her heart shattered, rebuilt, died all over again, pain and ...