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138!Objection!

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last update آخر تحديث: 2026-01-12 17:41:40

Sylvia

The courtroom felt colder than the hospital ever did.

I sat quietly beside Violet, my hands folded in my lap, my back straight even though every part of me wanted to sink into the chair and disappear. The wooden benches were full. Journalists filled the back rows, their eyes sharp, pens ready. I could feel them watching me, measuring me, deciding who I was before I even spoke.

Dr. Sylvia Rhodes.

The woman they believed tried to kill a governor.

Violet leaned slightly toward me. “Are you okay?” she whispered.

I nodded slowly. “I have to be.”

Logan should have been here. The empty seat beside me reminded me of that every second. His business trip was unavoidable, he had said, and I believed him. Still, walking into court without him felt like walking into a storm without an umbrella.

The bailiff stood. “All rise.”

Everyone stood as the judge entered. He was an older man with a calm face and tired eyes, the kind that had seen too many lies and too many broken people.

“Be seated,”
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