Tessa’s POV
I didn’t know if I should trust Lily. I wanted to believe her, but trust was dangerous. It had never really worked out for me before. People always said the right words, made promises they couldn’t keep, and disappeared when things got real. And yet… something about Lily felt different. Not perfect, no. But solid. Like even when I doubted her, she didn’t flinch. She hadn’t tried to control me or sugarcoat anything. She listened. She believed me. And she said she’d take care of it.
So maybe, I’d believe her.
I flagged down a taxi, climbed in, and gave the driver the address to my mom’s office. The whole ride, I kept checking the window, half-expecting Berry or whoever that was to jump out from behind a building. My hands were sweaty. My thoughts were a mess. But I needed to s
