Chapter 56: Shadows official

The weight of the summons hadn’t left me. It clung to my thoughts, a dark cloud overshadowing everything. The words on that crisp legal paper were burned into my mind. *Lila Vitale, you are hereby summoned to appear in court…* But for what?

I sat at my kitchen table, the dim glow of the overhead light doing little to comfort me. My fingers traced the edge of the envelope, my mind racing. I needed answers. And I knew exactly who would have them.

Lily.

She was behind this—I felt it in my bones. This was her counterstrike, her way of retaliating before I could expose her....