JULIAN

Claire was still sleeping when my phone rang the next morning. I'd been awake for a while already, still not quite believing she was there, reaching for her instinctively every few minutes just to feel that she was real.

I picked up the phone quickly before it could wake her and slipped out of bed and took the call in the hallway. Unknown number, but I knew who it was before I answered.

"Ethan," I said quietly.

There was a pause on the other end.n"You knew it was me," Ethan said.

"Yes." I replied.

I moved to the living room and closed the door behind me, the apartment was...