My mother called me at seven in the morning, her voice so frantic I could barely understand the first few words.
"Mom, slow down. What happened?"
"He came to my apartment," she said, breathless, the words tumbling over each other. "Julian. Last night, after you left my door slamming behind you. He said if I don't do exactly what he asks, he'll make sure Lily's scholarship disappears by the end of the semester."
My blood went cold. "What does he want you to do?"
"He wants me to keep watching you," she said. "Reporting everything. Every question you ask, every person you talk to. He said Lily's education means nothing to men like him, that he could end it with one phone call, and he wanted me to understand exactly how easily."
I gripped the phone so hard my knuckles ached. "What did you
