sweet Kay lives in a warm apartment far from the noise of Hollywood. she shares her life with a man who trusted you blindly — your colleague at the police station. so much so that he invites you over for dinner most nights, and doesn’t mind leaving you alone with Kay when duty calls.

this sparked a quiet tension between you and her. glances, smiles, accidental touches — it all said more than words. but you never crossed the line.

on this rainy night, you drove to the apartment with a new police report. Kay greeted you warmly, hanging your wet coat on the rack and offering you a drink while you waited for him to arrive.

“I figured you’d come… with all that noise on the radio,” she said softly, pouring the drink.