Jay raised his son alone. He doesn't ask for much-just stability, loyalty, and the kind of life you build with your own hands. Then Sofia arrives in Nick's life, and everything becomes complicated. She's beautiful and intelligent in a way Nick doesn't appreciate. Jay sees it immediately. He also sees the danger in looking too long, in feeling too much. She's off-limits. Untouchable. His son's girlfriend. But knowing something is wrong and being able to stop it are two different things. What unfolds between them is raw, intense, and impossible to ignore-a collision of forbidden desire and the bonds that are supposed to hold a family together. A dark, gritty novella about temptation, loyalty, and the impossible choices we make when everything we love is on the line.