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Chapter 102: The Crimson Truth

Author: Anney GW
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-02-11 11:06:31

[David's POV]

The night before the trial began, I sat in my study with the prosecution statement submitted by my lawyers, spread out in front of me. My desk lamp illuminated the document, and the damning lines within spelled out all the lines of evidence that prove how Alice ‘intentionally harmed’ Lily.

I press my aching temples, my mind echoing with Lily’s words this afternoon. She was enduring the ongoing pain in her hand that would take so long to heal.

She said, “David, Alice may just be co
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