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Chapter 112: Richard's Last Stand

Autor: Lois
last update Data de publicação: 2026-03-17 01:08:52

Bella POV

Richard had hired the kind of lawyer that rich men hired when they expected their money to do the arguing — brown -haired, pinstripe-suited, the sort who spoke in long declarative sentences and expected rooms to rearrange themselves around his confidence.

The courtroom did not rearrange itself.

Because ours was better. And because Richard Hart had made the catastrophic miscalculation of filing this petition when he still had power — and the hearing had arrived after he had none left.

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