Elena's POV
It's been two days since I found out my ‘sweet aunt’ Catherine was back in Sterling, and I’d spent every one of them searching for ways to limit her control.
Two days of sleepless nights and cold coffee. Two days of coming up empty.
I stood in my kitchen now, fully dressed for work, one hand wrapped around my mug as I stared out the window and tried not to think about how quickly she’d moved.
Adrian had texted earlier, offering me a ride to the office.
“On my way,” he wrote.
I took another sip of my coffee just as a knock sounded at the door.
I didn’t even need to open it to know who it was.
“Yeah, honey. I know…”
Adrian’s voice drifted through the door before I could reach it.
I opened it to find him stepping inside my apartment, still mid-conversation with someone,
