The storm howled outside, its fierce winds battering the windows with a relentless fury. Inside the mansion, the flickering lights cast long shadows across the walls, and the crackling of the fireplace was the only sound that fought back against the chaos of the night. I stood by the window, my arms folded tightly across my chest as I stared out into the darkness, the rain blurring the world beyond. It was as though the storm outside mirrored the turmoil inside me—each drop of water that pelted the glass seemed to match the thoughts that beat relentlessly in my mind.
My mind wouldn’t stop racing. After everything I’d learned, everything I’d seen… there was still so much left to understand. The truth about Gina. The truth about Leon. The truth about me. My thoughts were a tangle of confusi
