Chapter 76

Rain pounded against the windows of Camille’s office, matching her mood as she stared at the notification on her phone. The message was brief: her parents were waiting in the lobby. No warning, no call ahead. They had simply shown up, expecting her to drop everything and see them.

Some things never changed.

“Ms. Kane?” Rebecca stood in the doorway, her expression concerned. “Your... the Lewises are downstairs. They’re insisting on seeing you.”

Camille set down her pen, her fingers surprisingly steady despite the storm brewing inside her. “How long have they been waiting?”

“Almost an hour. They refuse to leave without speaking to you.”

Of course they did. Margaret and Richard Lewis had always believed doors should open for them, that their demands warranted immediate attention. Even now, after everything that had happened, they expected their daughter, the daughter they had failed so completely, to bend to their will.

“Send them up in fifteen minut