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 Chapter Thirty Four: Cracks

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last update Date de publication: 2026-05-11 19:45:52
Present Day – Tuesday Night

Emma ate dinner standing at her kitchen counter.

Leftover rice, cold from the fridge, eaten straight from the container because she hadn't sat down yet and sitting down felt like admitting the day was over. Justice wound between her ankles and keeps meowing until she dropped a piece of chicken on the floor for him and he sniffed it and walked away, which was his way of telling her she should have done better.

"I know," she told him.

Her trial notes were spread across
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 A last minute rebuttal witness from Hale, a late night prep call that turned into something else entirely, and Emma finally saying out loud what she's been carrying all week. "It would be so much easier if you were less than I remembered." When the trial ends, they are going to have THAT conversation. But first they have to get through tomorrow with George on the stand. Do you think they can hold it together? And did Alex's "not a single thing" break your heart a little? Comment below

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