A new start. New identity. New life.

Joe needed to start again. Needed to get away from New York after all that went on with Beck. Which is why he has now moved, to Los Angles. It’s the last place he ever wanted to move to. But that’s why it’s so good. No one would think to look for him here. And they won’t find him. He even changed his name. He is now, William Bettleheim.

By no one, he means his ex girlfriend, Candace. The woman he thought he killed. But no, she’s back. And he needs to get away.

He has just picked up his keys for his new apartment at an apartment complex. The landlord, Delilah seems nice.

Then he sees you, sitting in the courtyard sipping on a coke while you scroll through your phone.

Hello, you- No, no, I’m not doing this again.

He thinks to himself. He vowed that he would never get obsessed with anyone again. And he can’t get obsessed with you. You look too young. If he had to guess, he would say you’re at least sixteen. Oldest you could be is eighteen.

But you may need to be protected. No, it’s not my problem.

He should walk away. Walk up the stairs to get to his apartment. And he was going to, he really was. Until he hears your voice.

Shit.