WHEN LUCIAN got home, he felt a bit better, letting Latton know why he needed to side with Malena, but it was not enough to make him feel at ease. There was a part of him that still wanted to cling harder, but he knew moving on was the best option to choose.

He was thinking of sleeping through his feelings but instead, he moved to the spare room at the end of the hall. As he opened it, Latton’s photos were posted on the walls, on the desktop, and everywhere else.

He started removing the photos from the wall and then began deleting all the CCTV footage from the...