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Under Oath

Author: G.C Patterson
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-19 01:52:26

Jeffery's POV

The courtroom buzzed with anticipation. The air was thick, heavy with tension and something unspoken - danger. Celine’s civil suit had slithered its way into public attention faster than any crisis we’d ever faced. She was suing the Richards family for wrongful death and emotional damages over Nathan’s death, twisting half-truths into weapons.

I sat at the long oak table, flanked by two of the best lawyers in New York. Still, it wasn’t them I was watching.

It was Cassie.

She sat behind the wooden barrier, dressed in a navy-blue blouse that hugged her curves, her hands tightly folded in her lap. Her lips pressed into a line, her eyes unreadable. She was here to testify.

And I hated it.

I’d begged her not to get involved - told her this wasn’t her fight. But Cassie had looked me in the eye and said, “If this affects you, it affects me.”

I had no defense against her logic, no shield against her loyalty.

Now, as the court officer called her name, my stomach twisted. Cassie r
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