Chapter 3

After Victoria and Chloe showed up, I kept working at the construction site as usual.

I didn't want anything to do with the Lane family anymore, but I was one step away from gathering all the evidence I needed. There was no reason to abandon the plan to avoid them.

Then Victoria came again.

She stood at the dusty edge of the site, watching me. The foreman read the room and nudged me over to greet her.

She pulled out a handkerchief and instinctively reached for my face. "You've got dirt on your face."

I tilted my head away from…