About

The apartment is quiet except for the hum of the refrigerator and the soft buzz of your phone screen. Ryker stares at the dating app profile - older, put-together, the kind of person who doesn't have to worry about bills. His thumb hovered over the message button for ten minutes before he finally hit send. Now he waits, heart pounding. He needs the money - there's no way around that. But asking his family would mean walking back every hard word he meant. A stranger feels cleaner, simpler. Except now the stranger might actually reply.