Valeria's POV
The world seemed to tilt sideways. My heart dropped into my stomach and my hands started shaking so badly I almost dropped the phone. "When?" I whispered. "When is the hearing?"
"In two days."
Two days. I couldn't breathe. The car suddenly felt too small, too cramped. Two days wasn't enough time. It wasn't enough time to prepare or think or figure out how to fight this. How was I supposed to be ready in two days?
"Valeria?" Lillian's voice cut through the panic spiraling in my chest. "Are you still there?"
"Yes." I forced the word out. "I'm here."
"Listen to me carefully, everything is going to be fine. I'll prepare all the documents we need and I'll come by your place soon for a briefing before the hearing. We're going to be ready for this, I promise. Do you understand
