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CHAPTER 171.

Author: Succy
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Clarence’s POV.

It had been three weeks since the sentencing.

Three weeks after the courtroom lights dimmed, the reporters moved on, and my name stopped trending on social media.

Three weeks since Clara and Damon’s faces stopped showing up on the news, and I stopped getting messages from people I hadn’t heard from in years. Gina later got arrested and I heard her husband, Richard was also arrested for so many crimes.

And still, some mornings I woke up expecting to be dragged back in—to be asked to recount things I had spent months trying to forget. Trauma doesn’t follow the timeline of justice.

The gavel falls, the people cheer, and they think it’s over. But I still carried it. Every day.

Julian had suggested a break. I didn’t agree immediately. In fact, I refused twice.

My body was tired, yes, but my mind? It didn’t know what rest looked like. What does a person do after reclaiming their story—after spending so long surviving that living feels like a foreign word?

But Julian didn’t
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