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Chapter 126 - I Rest My Case

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Liam

Maria didn’t raise her voice. She didn’t need to.

The room bent toward her anyway. “I believe Denton has Arianna.”

The words landed like a detonation—sharp, disorienting, impossible to ignore. A collective intake of breath swept through the room, chairs shifting, tension snapping tight like a wire about to give.

Voices started rising immediately—“No—”

“That doesn’t make—”

“Why the hell would he—”

Maria lifted her hand. That was all it took. Silence. Not forced. Not reluctant. Absolute. “J
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