Caesar's POV

"Kyle is dead. He was in a car accident."

The voice on the other end of the line nearly broke on the last word.

I hadn't heard that voice in ten years. More mature. Lower. But still unmistakably hers.

It was Julia, my ex-girlfriend.

For a moment, it felt as if time had turned back and thrown me into another life. One I thought I'd already left behind. I never imagined I'd hear that voice again. Yet there she was, cutting through the silence of my apartment.

I didn't know