Chapter 75. Mom, What Happened to You?

The sudden vibration of Camila’s phone against the polished mahogany coffee table cut through the quiet like a blade, jolting her from the world she had been half-lost in. The novel rested open in her hands, its pages forgotten as the phone buzzed again, insistent, demanding attention. She frowned, setting the book aside carefully before reaching for the device.

One glance at the screen was enough to send a chill down her spine.

A text from her father.

Come home now. Urgent.

“Urgent?” she murmured under her breath, the word tasting bitter as she read it again. Her brows knit together, concern quickly overtaking curiosity. Her father was not a man given to dramatics. When he used words like urgent, it meant something was wrong—deeply wrong.

She pushed herself up from the p