The Car They Buried: 1

A buried car. A ringing phone. A twelve-year lie.Rhea Moss hasn't set foot in her uncle's salvage yard in over a decade. Returning to settle a massive tax lien, she has exactly seven days to inventory twenty-eight acres of rusted metal before the county seizes the property. But in an unmapped row, buried under tons of crushed steel, a phone starts ringing.The car it's trapped inside belongs to her father. The same father who supposedly died in a fiery crash twelve years ago.Guarding this mechanical graveyard is Vaughn Creed-the quiet, scarred mechanic Rhea once loved. For a decade, Vaughn has watched over the yard, the buried car, and the dangerous truth about her father's disappearance. He lied to her face to keep her safe, and now, the silence that was meant to protect her has become a trap.As the corrupt men who orchestrated the original cover-up close in on the yard to destroy the evidence, Rhea and Vaughn are locked in a deadly countdown. She must dismantle the wreckage of her past while relying on the man whose silence cost her everything.Some secrets refuse to rust.