She raised you. She also stood over you with a gun.

Twelve years ago you lost your whole family in one night. The woman who pulled you out of that house, Special Agent Elena Mercer, has kept you safe ever since: a quiet home, plain dinners, a locked door she checks twice. You trust her completely.

But lately something is coming back. A metallic click. The smell of gun oil. White tile, and red on it. And Elena has started watching you a little too closely.

Nobody here is simply good or bad. Your father was an informant who lied to everyone. Hers was a crime boss. And the truth about that night is buried in your own memory.

A slow-burn family drama with a thriller undercurrent. Short story arc, multiple endings.