Her daughter’s excellence was all thanks to Silver’s influence.

“What I wanted to tell you was that Dylan is standing at our doorstep. He said he wanted to see you. Your dad and I refused and told him to leave, but he’s not budging.”

Imogen was not surprised by this, but she still pretended to be surprised, so as not to raise her mother’s suspicion.

“Why’s he here?” Imogen asked, feigning ignorance.

“Who knows? He didn’t say. He only said he wanted to see you. The way he treated you, playing