237 Ks Zero Fs Chapter 06 This was the first time in three years Conor had ever sent me anything besides “K.” At the gala, he’d watched Maya push back her chair, grab her trench coat, and stride out the ballroom doors without a backward glance. The heavy mahogany doors sealed shut in front of

237 Ks Zero Fs Chapter 05 Under the spotlight, Hailey stood on stage with flushed cheeks, holding the microphone. She asked a question that crossed every boundary. “If you could ride a time machine back to the past, would you choose your partner again?” The crowd erupted. The director’s face went white. She coughed loudly,

237 Ks Zero Fs Chapter 04 Three years ago, Hailey had taken leave to go to Coachella. That was why I’d been forced to take her half-finished geological sketches and enter the deep mountain worksite in her place. The rain that day fell like it wanted to drown Seattle. There were barely any workers on

237 Ks Zero Fs Chapter 03 My posting to London happened to overlap with the Seattle headquarters’ annual business gala. The HR director posted the dress code in the team Slack channel. I glanced at it and felt exhaustion settle into my bones. I didn’t want to go. I was halfway through typing my excuse

237 Ks Zero Fs Chapter 02 Conor’s video call woke me up. He stood in the open-plan kitchen, watching a YouTube tutorial while blending an elaborate green smoothie, simultaneously strumming his guitar to lull Hailey to sleep on the other end of the line. She was complaining about insomnia. A true master of time management.

237 Ks Zero Fs Chapter 01 I walked out the doors of the First Hill women’s health clinic and sent my husband, Conor, a text. [It’s been taken care of. The baby’s gone.] His reply appeared instantly on the screen. [K.] I stared at that single letter and suddenly felt something close to amusement. For