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CHAPTER 51

Penulis: Penny
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-04-22 18:41:47

Family Court – 9:03 AM

The Family Court of New York State occupied the sixth floor of a nondescript government building on Lafayette Street, its bland institutional interior at odds with the life-altering decisions rendered daily within its walls. Fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, casting everyone in the unflattering pallor that seemed reserved for places where human suffering was processed with bureaucratic efficiency.

I sat with perfect posture on the hard wooden bench outside Courtroom C,
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