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The Final Hearing (chapt.77)

Author: Stone
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-09-11 16:05:04

Alessia’s POV

I thought everything would end with that list. I figured tearing apart the De Luca empire would finally lay my father’s ghosts to rest. But the truth seems to bring new horrors. For every bishop taken down, another lawyer stepped up. For every judge who came clean, there was another accomplice ready to bury the truth deeper than before. So here I found myself again, standing at the marble steps of the international court, holding a single folder. Inside were the final testimonie
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