-ASHER- It didn’t take long to find Mia. It was laughably easy, almost insulting, considering how long I’d tortured myself. The only reason I hadn’t tracked her down sooner was that I was trying—stupidly—to respect her boundaries. After everything I’d dragged her through with my delusions about Linda, the least I could do was stay away. But I’m done pretending to be noble. I’m an asshole, and I want her back. I’ll do whatever it takes to make her let me into her life. And for that, I need to see her face. In person. I needed to start somewhere. She had left her old apartment and her old job. I needed Information about her whereabouts. Jake, of course, wouldn’t crack. He had too much integrity. Mia's mother was a dead end, too. The couple was guarding her location like Fort Knox. But

