Mia's POV
Julian did not take me back to Alexander. Instead he led me three blocks away to a building I did not recognize.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"Somewhere you need to be." He opened a door to a small, discrete law office. The kind of place where secrets were kept.
An older man stood from behind a desk. He had kind eyes and gray hair and wore a suit that had seen better days.
"Mia Thorne," he said. "I have been waiting twenty six years to meet you."
My stomach turned. "Who are you?"
"Robert Chen. I was your father's college roommate. His best friend." He gestured to a chair. "Please sit. We have a lot to discuss."
I sat. Julian stood by the door like a guard.
Robert pulled out a file thick with documents. "Your father came to me weeks before he died. He knew something was
