Tobi’s POV
Lila sat cross-legged in the middle of the bed, surrounded by a pile of torn wrapping paper. She kept fussing at me, claiming it was all too much—but it wasn’t. Just practical gifts: a new laptop, better travel gear, simple things she would never buy for herself.
"You’ve got one more," I said nervously, handing her the envelope.
"Tobi, seriously..." Lila sighed, but took it from me anyway, turning it over slowly in her hands. "Documents of some sort?"
I watched her break the seal and unfold the papers, my heart hammering.
“What is this?” she asked, holding up the glossy real estate pamphlet—the kind with smiling fake families posing out front.
I cleared my throat.
“After your parents passed away, you asked for everything to be liquidated. But... I couldn’t let you lose e
