Lilian and Oliver's Home
Monday morning; 10:50 AM
The sunlight slipped through the curtains, nudging Lilian out of her deep sleep.
Ughhh...
She sat up groggily, instinctively reaching to the side of the bed, but the space next to her was cold.
"He must have left early," she muttered, barely able to keep her eyes open.
Even though things between them were tense, Oliver still had to keep up the pretense for his mother. He couldn’t risk the wrath of the woman who controlled everything in his life. Lilian knew that all too well.
She glanced at her phone. "What’s the time?"
11:00 AM!
Her eyes widened, and her pulse quickened. s**t!
She checked again, but the time was still glaring at her, bright as day. How had she missed the alarm?
She scrambled out of bed, her mind racing. She reac
