The scene opens with Chad White waiting in a penthouse suite. He checks his watch. The doorbell rings. The ritual begins.
The suite felt colder. On the pillow, she’d left a single item: a silver pen engraved with “For the partner who kept his mouth shut.” Chad turned it over. On the back, scratched in tiny letters: “Room 3104. Tomorrow. 08:00. I choose you, not the script.”
He closed the door. “I’m not nervous.”