Prologue: The Room

Their first date is set in a second-rate restaurant. He's a hopeless romantic searching for love; she's a freelancer zeroing in on her mark. Neither has any idea how everything can change.

In the blink of an eye. In the upending of an empty pill bottle incorrectly labelled "aspirin." In the discovery of a secret that was never meant to come into the light.

In the firing of a gun, the shuddering blast dissipating into the darkness.

Everything can change.

Mature content: some strong language