Thought It Was Just a Letter… Until It Took Me Down a Path I Could Never Turn Back From.

“What?”

He looked back at the hidden door, then at me.

“They forgot we built this life together.”

A pause.

“And I never built it without a way out.”

In the distance, sirens began to rise.

Low at first.

Then louder.

Closer.

Ricardo reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. The screen lit his face.