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Chapter 80: Not far from the truth

作者: Author Jessica
last update 最終更新日: 2025-02-15 18:59:38

Emma’s Point of View

A week. That was all the time I had left before the custody hearing. Seven days to prove my innocence, to fight for my daughter, to make sure Adrian didn’t win. But what if I couldn’t? What if the judge ruled in his favor? The mere thought of losing her made my stomach twist into painful knots. I had fought so hard, endured so much, and yet the finish line still felt impossibly far away.

I sat on the couch, gripping a cup of coffee that had gone cold in my hands, barely registering Ryan’s presence beside me. His warm hand rested on my knee, his thumb moving in slow, soothing circles.

“Emma, you have to breathe,” he murmured, his voice steady, calm, so unlike the storm raging inside me.

I let out a shaky breath. “I can’t stop thinking about it. If the judge doesn’t believe me...”

“They will,” he cut in firmly. “We have enough to prove Adrian isn’t the saint he pretends to be. You’re not alone in this, Emma. The court will not give custody to an absentia father for
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