Damian Roberts had spent years learning how to stay unnoticed.
Blend in.
Move quietly.
Leave before anyone looked too closely.
Those habits had kept him safe through countless cities, temporary jobs, and short-term apartments. He had survived by becoming ordinary. Invisible. Forgettable.
But over the next few days, that carefully built invisibility began to crumble.
Because Kendrick Walker kept showing up.
The first time after that conversation in the café, Damian convinced himself it was coincidence.
Maybe Kendrick simply liked the coffee.
Maybe the café was on his way to somewhere important.
Maybe the visit meant nothing at all.
But when Kendrick returned the next day at almost the exact same time, Damian felt the first flicker of unease.
And when he came again the day after that, arriving with the same calm expression and taking the same seat near the window, the unease turned into certainty.
This was not coincidence.
This was attention.
And attention was dangerous.
