Ivonne’s POV

We arrived a little over an hour later at the mansion. It was a shocking sight to observe mother sleeping and not even stir when she arrived.

She appeared peaceful and relaxed and it was a bit of a hard decision to wake her. Even Tobias who was known to be ruthless and straightforward in doing things had urged me to do it.

His excuse was that I was his daughter and so I should take the risk. Squaring my shoulders and putting on my big girl pants, I did. I expected her to ...