Chapter 79

[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]

Lena, despite her busy schedule, insisted on going back to the house to see Devon and Diana once again. After I studied all the information in the folder that was assigned to me, I made sure to tell Lena that I would give her a result within the week.

She asked her driver to drive us back to the family compound and used her red SUV. As I watched our way back, I didn’t expect to miss the place as I saw the tall roadside pine trees and their amazing scent that made me close my eyes. It smelled like home. It was the smell of the place I cherished for years before I left to escape the misery I thought would never end.

But it did. Dominic was a storm that turned my life upside down, and yet that same storm brought clarity to what I really wanted in life—what I wanted to become and the person I wanted to be with. It was something I never expected after everything that happened. All of it felt as if it was a dream. And being with Lena in her car felt as if those aw