Jake’s POV

The message came in when I was halfway through reviewing the last staff statement. One vibration from my phone, an unknown number, actually a private number, and one bold sentence:

“Come alone. You know where.”

No threats. No name. Just certainty, certainty that I would understand.

And horribly, I did know where, and I did know who.

My blood turned to ice.

Adrian.

He was My past. My costly mistake. My ghost.

I left the room without telling Antonio or not ...