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Chapter 107 Regrets

Penulis: Moonchild
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Eloise’s POV

The courthouse steps were still warm from the midday sun, but the air had that sharp bite of early winter, the kind that made my breath curl faintly in front of me. People spilled out of the building in uneven waves, reporters with cameras slung around their necks, legal assistants clutching stacks of folders, the curious bystanders who had nothing better to do than watch someone else’s downfall.

Some reporters rush toward me, camera clicking, lenses glinting.

‘Ms Sinclair, any comment on your sister?’ One says.

I walk past them without breaking stride, my heels striking the wide stone steps in a steady, deliberate rhythm. Black dress, black coat, hair pinned back neatly — not a single thing out of place. The hearing had gone exactly the way I wanted, and for once, there was no lingering sting, or anything threatening to make me soft.

I was halfway to the bottom when I heard it.

“Eloise.”

I didn’t stop. The sound of my name in his voice was a familiar note in a son
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