Victoria POV
I called the family meeting the following afternoon.
Not because anyone wanted one.
Because everyone needed it.
Secrets had already caused enough damage.
They had placed cameras outside our gates, brought strangers into the children’s home, and pushed Riley out of the mansion. They had allowed Luca to believe silence protected people when it only left everyone hurting alone.
I refused to let the family continue speaking in separate rooms.
Richard questioned Riley in the hospital hallway.
Luca confessed his love upstairs.
Riley defended her independence in the library.
Everyone carried a different part of the truth.
It was time to place everything on one table.
Luca objected first.
He sat in his bedroom with his injured shoulder supported and a medical file open be
