Maya's POV
I don't sleep. How can I, knowing Ethan is hiding something that will "destroy all of us"?
At dawn, I give up trying and walk into the living room. Derek sits on the couch, still awake, staring at Vanessa's medical folder like it contains the secrets of the universe.
"Did you decide?" I ask quietly.
He looks up, his eyes red and exhausted. "No. Every choice leads to someone getting hurt. Use the evidence and Daniel dies. Don't use it and I stay trapped in a fake marriage forever."
"Maybe there's a third option."
"What third option?"
"We wait. We don't use the evidence yet. We let James think he's won while we gather more proof through Daniel." I sit beside him. "Your cousin has been impersonating you, which means he's seen things, heard conversations, learned secrets. If we expose him now, we lose that advantage."
Derek considers this. "So I stay married to Vanessa temporarily?"
