Chapter 86

LYDIA’S POV

The moment I saw my father’s name, everything inside me shifted.

It wasn’t just a surprise. It wasn’t just confusion. It was something deeper, something that felt like being pulled backward into a past I had tried so hard to bury.

My fingers tightened around the document as memories resurfaced, sharp and uninvited.

I remembered overhearing conversations I wasn’t meant to hear. Cass