Elena’s POV
The police station felt familiar now. Too familiar. I had been here too many times in the last few weeks. Sofia sat beside me, her hand on my knee. Marcus stood a little behind us, quiet but present. The detective across the desk looked tired but focused.
“Tell me again,” he said. “Everything you know about Lila’s plan.”
I took a deep breath. “She wants to kidnap me, force me to marry Marcus, claim the inheritance and get rid of my father. Marcus came to us and told us everything. He is pretending to help her so we can stop it.”
The detective wrote it down. “And Marcus is willing to testify?”
Marcus stepped forward. “Yes. I will testify. I will tell you everything. Lila threatened me. She said she would kill me if I warned Elena. But I could not let her hurt her again. I w
