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BOOK TWO - Chapter 6: The News We Feared

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~ ARIA POV ~

The coffee mug trembled in my hands as I stared at the headline on Michael's tablet. The black letters seemed to blur and sharpen, blur and sharpen, like my mind couldn't quite process what they meant.

*"Jessica Campbell Released Early on Technicality"*

"Aria." Michael's voice cut through the white noise in my head. "Look at me."

I couldn't. The words kept swimming on the screen. Ten years. She was supposed to serve twenty, but some lawyer found a loophole, some procedural error that—

"Aria." Firmer this time. His hand covered mine, warm and steady. "Breathe."

I sucked in air like I'd been underwater. The kitchen came back into focus—the marble countertops Austin had fingerprinted yesterday, Alex's calculus homework still scattered by the coffee maker, the morning light streaming through windows that suddenly felt too exposed.

"When?" The word scraped out of my throat.

"Few weeks ago." Michael's jaw was tight, that muscle jumping the way it did when he was holding back fu
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