Chapter 55 — When a Mother Decides to See… and Make Others See

(Point of View: Isabel Castell)

The afternoon was drawing to a close with a calm that betrayed the tension Isabel had been carrying on her shoulders for days.

She sat in the conference room of the family law firm—the place where she had so often closed deals, protected the Castell name, and defended her family tooth and nail.

But this time, the enemy wasn’t a business rival.

It was something worse.

A lie rooted in the very heart of