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Chapter 16: Touch Her and Die

作者: Lola Rae
last update 公開日: 2026-04-21 23:59:02

Nathaniel's Pov 

I was reviewing contracts in my office when my assistant knocked and told me that Evangeline had arrived at the restaurant and was waiting for me and I looked at my watch and saw that she was exactly on time which meant she was serious about whatever she wanted to talk about.

I told my assistant t

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    Evangeline's PovMy lawyer came to Block D on a Tuesday morning and they brought me to the attorney room and she was sitting there with three folders stacked in front of her and when I sat down she smiled for the first time since I had met her."We found it," she said."Found what?""The proof. The timestamps on the financial access logs that the prosecution submitted are forged."I leaned forward.

  • The Widow's Game   Chapter 85: Victor's Ultimatum

    Nathaniel's PovVictor called me directly this time instead of through an assistant and said we needed to meet in person and I said no and he said it was not a request so I agreed to meet him at a restaurant where there would be witnesses if things went badly.He was already sitting at a table in the back when I arrived and he looked older than the last time I saw him and that told me the pressure was affecting him too even if he was pretending it was not.I sat down across from him and waited."You are making this harder than it needs to be," he said.

  • The Widow's Game   Chapter 84: Owen's Guilt

    Owen's PovI saw the video on the news at lunch and spent the next hour staring at my computer screen and trying to figure out why it made me feel like I had done something wrong.Evangeline had defended herself.That was obvious.She had not started the fight and she had not escalated until she had no choice and when she did defend herself she stopped as soon as the threat was over.It was textbook self defense.

  • The Widow's Game   Chapter 83: The Footage

    Nathaniel's PovThe call came from a number I did not recognize and I almost did not answer but something made me pick up and when I did a man's voice said I have something you need to see."Who is this?" I asked."Someone who works at the facility where your wife is being held.""What do you want?""I want to do the right thing. That is all. There was an incident today in Block D. Your wife was involved."

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  • The Widow's Game   Chapter 81: The Pressure

    Nathaniel's PovThe stock opened down three percent, and by noon it was down seven, and Marcus came into my office without knocking and said we have a problem, and I told him I could see the problem on my screen."This is not normal volatility," Marcus said. "Someone is shorting us aggressively.""How much volume?""Enough to move the price. Millions of shares. This is coordinated."I pulled up the trading data and looked at the pattern and he was right because the

  • The Widow's Game   Chapter 73: The False Witness

    Nathaniel's PovMy lawyer called me at eleven in the morning and said I needed to come in immediately and I drove to his office in twenty minutes and when I walked in he had printed documents spread across his desk and he looked up at me with an expression that meant the news was not good."Sit dow

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    Evangeline's PovYard time was at two in the afternoon and I walked out with Sandra and we stood near the far wall where there was some shade and I watched the different groups spread out across the open space.Tasha was near the basketball court with her group and she looked over at me twice in th

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    Nathaniel's PovI sat in my office and read the prosecution's preliminary brief for the third time and every time I read it the narrative got worse.They were not just building a case against Evangeline.They were building a story.And in that story Evangeline was the unstable wife who emotionally

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    Evangeline's PovThe guard came for me after breakfast and said I had a medical appointment and I followed her down three hallways until we reached a small room that smelled like antiseptic.The prison doctor was a woman in her fifties with gray hair pulled back in a tight bun and she looked at me

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