Timothy's POV

Do you want to drag yourself to a Council hearing to testify against your father?"

"Yes." I meet his eyes. "Because if I don't, Penelope and her family will never get justice. And everything I destroyed will have been for nothing."

Ethan is quiet for a long moment. Then he nods.

"Okay." He helps me sit up slowly. "But if you collapse again, I'm carrying you out of there myself."

Getting dressed takes forever. My hands shake so badly I can't button my shirt. Ethan has to help me ...