Kairos found the USB drive in Isaac's old desk. The videos on it showed Nora tampering with his brother's car brakes—but they also showed something else: Kairos's mother had paid Nora to do it.
"My mother?" Kairos whispered, his hands shaking. "Why?"
Zara pulled up more files. Kairos's brother had been planning to expose his mother's embezzlement scheme—she'd stolen money from the school to fund her gambling addiction. Nora had offered...to handle it for her. In exchange, she'd make sure Kairos's brother's death was ruled an accident, and that Kairos would be left untouched.
Kairos stumbled back, staring at the screen. "She's been manipulating my family too. Everything I thought I knew… it's all a lie."