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Pretending to Kneel

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HAILEY’S POV

Prison teaches you one thing very quickly.

Power is loud but control is quiet.

The guard didn’t look at me when she said, “You have a visitor.”

My stomach tightened anyway and I already knew who it was.

Robert doesn’t need invitations.

The visitation room was cold, fluorescent lights humming overhead and a metal table bolted to the floor. Cameras in every corner.

I sat first.

I refuse to be brought in standing.

He walks in a moment later in a Perfect suit and perfect smile.

Like we
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