Killers Don't Fall In Love Episode One: Nothing In the Fridge Callum POV

Episode One: Nothing in the Fridge

(Callum vlog)

Hey… so uh.

I don’t normally do shit like this.

My name’s Callum. Most people call me Cal. I’m twenty-eight, which feels illegal to admit because I swear I was nineteen like five minutes ago. I’m a single dad. Got a twelve-year-old kid who’s smarter than me, meaner than me, and apparently nonbinary now which, yeah, still figuring that one out but we’re rolling with it.

Anyway.

I figured maybe talking into my phone like this might help me keep my head straight. Or at least keep a record of how bad things can get before they start getting worse. Feels like the kind of story someone should document.

So this is… I guess Episode One.

Life update: Fridge is empty. Power’s about to get shut off. Rent’s late again. I’m working two jobs and still somehow losing. And I just lost the one arrangement that was keeping me from completely drowning.

Tonight’s plan is simple: Find food. Keep my kid from realizing how close we are to being homeless. Pretend I’ve got everything under control.

Spoiler... I don’t.

But yeah. That’s where we’re at.

Welcome to whatever the hell this is.

Sydney Feron's Note

This is Episode One of Killers Don’t Fall in Love, a 100,000-word dark romance thriller ebook.

This story contains morally grey characters, violence, crime, trauma, toxic relationships, and themes of survival, poverty, and obsession. This is not a sweet love story. This is a story about broken people making dangerous choices and finding connection in the worst possible circumstances.

Expect alternating POVs, high emotional stakes, found-family dynamics, and a fast-paced thriller plot that unfolds on back roads, in truck stops, and in places most people try not to look too closely at.

Welcome to the chaos.