My family forgot to invite me to Christmas, so I bought myself a mountain vacation home. The next day, they showed up with a locksmith to steal it for my brother, thinking I was all alone. They had no idea that I had a lawyer, cameras, and even a deputy sheriff on my side…
Ethan Walker had never expected to spend Christmas alone—much less in a brand-new mountain vacation home he bought on impulse after his family forgot to invite him to the annual holiday gathering. It wasn’t the first time they’d sidelined him in favor of his older brother, Chase, but this year’s silence hurt enough to push him into something drastic. The cabin, nestled in the snowy stretch of the Blue Ridge Mountains, became his quiet refuge. He set up a few security cameras, unpacked slowly, and planned to enjoy a peaceful holiday by himself.
