My Best Friend Came to Celebrate My 21st Birthday... Then He Gave Me the One Gift I Never Expected

On his 21st birthday, Callum Avery expects a quiet celebration with his best friend, Ulysses Mercer. Instead, Ulysses arrives late carrying a locked box and a secret connected to Callum’s missing father. Inside are an old photograph, a silver key, and clues leading to a forgotten house beside a remote lake. As the two friends uncover hidden recordings and buried letters, Callum begins questioning everything he believed about his family—and the loyalty of the person closest to him. Their midnight journey forces them to confront grief, betrayal, forgiveness, and the true meaning of friendship. What Ulysses gives Callum may be the last gift he ever expected, but its discovery could change both their lives forever.