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Chapter 73: Reasonable doubt ..

Auteur: Clara Asonye
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Third person’s POV

The judge had just begun addressing the court when the door at the back opened quietly.

Layla noticed the movement without meaning to.

A woman slipped in and took a seat at the far corner of the gallery. She wore dark shades that covered most of her face and a scarf pulled over her head, low enough to shadow her features. She looked dressed for mourning, black coat, black gloves, posture stiff, head bowed slightly.

Layla’s stomach tightened.

She didn’t know why, but the woman
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