Betty’s POVThe name hit me like cold water thrown straight into my face. Travis's father. I hadn't thought about that man in months, maybe longer, because he had never been part of the nightmare his son put me through. He stayed invisible the entire time. Never reached out, never interfered, never once acknowledged that his own son was destroying another person's life piece by piece.And now he was sitting inside the Council Hall like he had every right to be there."Why now," I whispered, more to myself than anyone else. "He never cared about anything Travis did. He watched it all happen and said nothing."Adrian looked up from the map he had been studying, his expression careful and measured. "Travis's father has always stayed neutral during Council matters. Never voted against anyone, never openly supported anyone. That kind of silence isn't weakness, Betty. It's strategy. A man like that only appears when the outcome has already been decided in his favor."My stomach twisted hard
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