The first time Brianna Flores walked through the iron gates of the Lowell Ridge estate, she felt as if she had stepped out of her own life and into someone else’s.

The driveway rose gently, winding beneath towering oak trees whose heavy branches formed a silent canopy overhead. At the top stood a grand white stone home—refined, understated, and quietly powerful. It didn’t need to show off its wealth. It simply existed above it.