I thought I'd found peace in my coastal pottery studio, building a quiet life from the ashes of betrayal—until Marcus appeared at my gate after five years of silence. The money I took from his family was supposed to be my freedom, compensation for the lies that shattered everything I believed about us. Now he's here, and he's not leaving until I hear him out, stirring up secrets I've buried as deep as the truth about why I really ran. But Marcus isn't the only one who's been searching, and some debts can't be paid with money or forgiveness. What I took five years ago was just the beginning—and what comes next will force us both to face the one question we've been avoiding: what if everything we thought we knew was wrong?