Maya's POV
Luca showed me the phone.
I read the headline standing in Aria's doorway.
"Santoro Heir Turns Federal Witness: The Teacher, The Crime Family, and The Secret Child.”
I stood with it for a moment.
Then I went to the kitchen and sat down and pulled the article up on my own phone.
Luca sat across from me. He didn't try to take the phone or manage my reading of it. He just sat.
I read it through once completely.
It was thorough. The journalist had done her work. The custody petition, Isabella's arrest, the compromised judge, Keith Farrell's confession. The false complaint and its withdrawal. The federal indictments. Luca's cooperation with Morrison.
My name ran through it as context, not accusation. The teacher who I didn't know. The mother who'd fought. The journalist had h
