(Aurora's POV)
"Option two: In the next thirty minutes, you write a full statement. Everything that happened, in your own words, with your signature at the bottom. Benny will be in the room as a witness. You'll also read it on camera." I paused. "I keep the statement and the recording. As long as you stay out of my life and don't pull anything like this again, they stay buried. But the moment you cross a line - any line - I hand them to the police without a second thought."
Martha's face had gone through several shades of pale.
"I'm not doing this because I care about you," I said. "I'm doing it because Leo is just getting started, and I won't let your choices be the thing that holds him back. When he's grown and can make his own decisions, I won't be covering for you anymore."
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