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Chapter 136: Don’t Sign It

Auteur: Charis Jackson
last update Date de publication: 2026-08-16 19:49:56

Xena.

"Don't sign it."

The doors at the back of Cheng's courtroom banged against the stops, and the whole gallery turned at once — sixty heads, one motion, like water tipping in a glass.

Halloway's grandson stood in the aisle in a grey suit with rain still on the shoulders. He wasn't looking at the bench. He wasn't looking at Herald, who was standing at the defence table with his hands folded in front of him and a marshal at either elbow.

He was looking at the old man in the second row.

"Granda
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