Lila exhaled slowly.
And in the cold silence of the cemetery, with a child between them and a gravestone that no longer felt like truth, she began to speak.
About the night Adrian arrived at her diner.
About the injuries he hid.
About the fear in his voice when he said someone powerful was watching him.
About the plan he made.
And about the moment he disappeared—not in death…
But into something far more dangerous.
Evelyn listened.
And for the first time in her life…
She had no control over the story unfolding in front of her.
Only the horrifying realization that her son’s death might have been the most expensive lie ever told.
