Iris and Leon never planned to fall in love. They were step-siblings from a Thai immigrant family, bonded by grief after their parents died in a car crash on the way to get married. Leon was the one who stayed. He dropped out, worked construction, and paid the bills so Iris could finish high school. They became each other's only family—and somewhere in the struggle, something deeper grew. When Iris got into NYU Law, Leon promised to follow her to New York. Then a workplace accident took him off the grid. She moved to the city alone, thinking he'd abandoned her...
