Emily’s POV

"Sign the Walker family trust assets over to me by six o'clock tomorrow morning," Victoria whispered, her fingernails digging into my wrist like sharp steel claws. "Or I release the rest of the note to the District Attorney, and Daniel goes to prison for the rest of his life."

I let my eyes fill with quick, fake tears, forcing my voice to tremble. "Please, Mother... don't do this. He didn't force those pills down your throat! You know he didn't!"

"The world doesn't care about the truth, Emily!" Victoria sneered, her voice ringing with arrogant, toxic victory. "They see a heartbroken, dying mother lying in an ICU bed...