Chapter 259

#126

​Two weeks later, the afternoon sunlight is pouring through the large bay window of my bedroom.

​The estate is unusually quiet. The security detail that once surrounded the mansion has been scaled down to a standard property watch. The armored sedans in the driveway have been replaced by normal passenger vehicles, and the constant hum of tactical radios has vanished entirely.

​I’m sitting cross-legged on my bed with my laptop resting on my thighs, while Eli sits on the edge of the mattress beside me, holding two large white envelopes that arrived in the afternoon mail.

​“I still think we cheated by taking the final three months of high school online,” I say, my eyes fixed on the laptop screen as I scroll through my final grade portal. “My history teacher gave me an A-minus. I’m pretty sure he was just too intimidated by my Dad