Nyxa~
I didn’t even realize I had gone quiet until Leone said my name again, slower this time like he was checking if I was still here. My eyes were still stuck on the photograph, on the man standing next to my father like they had history that went way beyond business. Vaughn’s father. That name didn’t even feel real in my head right now, like my brain was refusing to accept how neatly everything was starting to circle back to him again.
It made my chest feel tight in a way I didn’t like. Leone finally took the file from me without asking again and I let him, mostly because my hands were starting to feel useless anyway.
“This doesn’t make sense,” I said under my breath, more to myself than anyone but it did and that was the problem.
My mother shifted a little closer, watching my face
