He sat with his wife’s photo, waiting for a son who had already boarded without him

Rodriguez? I— We didn’t…”

Then the realization hit her. I felt it in the way the air in the lobby changed, the sudden vacuum of silence.

“Oh my god,” she whispered. “Oh my god, you’re… She’s really…”

Adrian pulled back slightly, keeping his hands firmly on my shoulders, looking deep into my eyes.

“Tell me everything,” he said, his voice low and dangerous.continue reading …