"I found out that your mother is with the Nixons, so she must be an important figure in it. Drake wanting to marry you probably does have something to do with this," LYON explained.

I looked away, mulling over what he had told me. "I see. He wants to marry me to get to the Nixons."

But I knew Drake's plans would fail. Emerald hadn't visited me once in all these years, and if my mother didn't care about me, why would she care about her daughter's husband?

"SO, DON'T WORRY, LANKA; I will protect you and Buddy," LYON said, reassuring me.

"I'm not worried, my mom doesn't care about...