Liana's Pov
Everyone was gathered in my Z core office. The tension was palpable from the moment we all sat and the round table looked too small to handle what we were about to discuss. Stanley sat beside me, near enough that I could feel his arm brush against mine from time to time. Serena sat quietly, her hands folded in her lap, her face white but calm. My mother sat across from us, and the attorneys spread papers out in front of them, their glasses glinting in the light from above.
Finally, Walter cleared his throat. "I know this is intimidating, Liana," he said gently, his voice carrying the kind of weight you could not ignore. "But I want you to remember that truth has a way of always emerging. What you are doing here is not only for you but for your daughter."
I nodded in spite of
