~Nicolai POV~
My mother led me to what appeared to be the formal living room off the main lobby, and I noticed three guards following us. My mom turned to them and gave them a look without saying a word, and they scurried away like rats, and I chuckled. The living room was a large room with a beige and floral brown sofa pattern set with golden and dark wood-colored framing. I saw a huge-sized glass coffee table with intricate golden cast-iron framing at the center of the room and matching smaller side tables next to the sofas. There was a large fireplace, centered on the room with big, tall windows on either side of the Fireplace showing off the mountain side and beach beyond.
My mom pulled at my black shirt to grab my attention, “Nicolai, I don’t give a f**k about what you did to ge
