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Chapter 78 — The Same Morning

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POV: Lewis | Location: Edinburgh

He had sent the text before he knew.

That was the thing he would carry.

He had been standing outside the hotel on a grey Wednesday morning with two bags and a lease signed the night before, looking at the Edinburgh castle in the low cloud, and he had picked up his phone and typed the message because it felt like the right thing to mark the moment with — I'm here, I'm staying, no expectation of response — and sent it before he understood that somewhere across the
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  • His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns   Chapter 141: Saturday

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    POV: Lewis | EdinburghJudge Morrison returned at exactly thirty minutes.The room was upright before she reached her chair.She sat. Opened the file. Did not look at either table immediately."The Police Scotland application for a stay of proceedings," she said. "I have considered it."Lewis's hands were flat on the table."I am not granting the stay."Buchanan shifted in his chair."Instead," Judge Morrison continued, "I am ruling on the recordings now. In this courtroom."She turned to the first document in the file."The audio recordings submitted as evidence in this petition were collected through concealed surveillance devices placed inside the respondent's private residence without consent or warrant. Police Scotland's criminal referral, filed this morning, confirms active investigation into this collection as criminal conduct under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act."She looked up. "Evidence obtained through criminal conduct is inadmissible in these proceedings. The r

  • His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns   Chapter 139: Ten AM

    POV: Lewis | Edinburgh"Walsh subpoena is dead," Eleanor said.Lewis had barely reached her in the corridor. She had not waited for a greeting."Therapist-patient privilege. Duty judge ruled at seven-fifty this morning." She handed him a document. "Buchanan and Reid objected. It was overruled. Dr. Walsh will not be in that courtroom today."Lewis looked at Yessica.She exhaled."Rose's registration?" Yessica asked."Clean. No discrepancy. None." Eleanor was precise and quick. "I spoke to the clinic registrar at six-thirty. Every document is correct and properly filed. Sienna fabricated the threat the same way she fabricated Harrison's financial records. She needed Catherine controlled. It held for seven months.""And Catherine's withdrawal?""Confirmed in the court system at nine-forty-seven last night. The petition is gone." A pause. "But Buchanan and Reid filed this morning. They are trying to maintain standing independent of Catherine's decision.""On what basis?""The court's duty

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