The seventy-two-hour deadline felt like a bomb ticking inside my chest. Garrett kept sending furious texts, threatening lawsuits and claiming he would legally take my farmhouse to cover his catastrophic debts. My parents backed him completely, acting as if sacrificing me was the obvious solution.

But they had no idea I was already ten steps ahead.

Weeks earlier, my viral lavender farm attracted the attention of Verdant Ventures, a massive agricultural corporation. After inspecting the property, their experts confirmed my farm was one of the most valuable independent lavender operations on the East Coast.

My lawyer, Amanda Cortez, warned me my family would eventually try to seize everything. So together, we created a plan that would make their entire scheme collapse before it even began-