The Note That Changed Everything: I Was One Step Away From Boarding the Flight of My Life When I Read the Warning

At JFK Airport, I received a frantic warning from my sister Lily telling me not to board my flight and to “look for the black square.” Shaken, I left the terminal and found a cryptic drawing that suggested something connected to our family and an unknown danger.

Abandoning my planned new life, I chose instead to search for answers—and for Lily—beginning a journey into a mystery that followed me into the streets of New York.