The Boy Behind Perfection

The Boy Behind Perfection
Everyone knows Elliot Sinclair.
He's the brilliant student. The polite son. The boy with perfect grades, perfect manners, and a future everyone envies.
But perfection is only what people see.
Behind Elliot's carefully controlled life is a childhood memory he refuses to speak about-the night he lost his mother and learned to blame himself for it. For nine years, he's buried the truth beneath good grades, silence, and a smile that never reveals too much.
Then Damon Blake enters his life.
Damon is everything Elliot isn't: reckless, sarcastic, unpredictable, and completely uninterested in playing by the rules. What begins as an unwanted partnership slowly forces Elliot to confront the parts of himself he's spent years hiding.
But the past doesn't stay buried forever.
And when the echoes of that terrible night begin returning, Elliot must face a question he's been avoiding for nine years:
What really happened the night his mother died?
Some secrets break you.
Some change you.
And some have been waiting for you to remember them. 🖤