Autumn and Selena walked into the courtroom and took their seats in the plaintiff’s area; Ace hadn’t arrived yet.On the defendants’ bench, Susan wore a prison jumpsuit and handcuffs, all the shine gone from her. She looked broken, her hair streaked with gray.Even Jasmine seemed to have been worn down, sitting quietly like an empty shell, as if her spirit had been drained.Indeed, prison life ground everyone down equally—dull eyes, a resigned look; it seemed to be the standard fate for those who’d broken the law.Julian supported the pale-faced Luna as she came in, and everyone noticed how oddly she walked. She moved as if badly injured, careful not to jar some unseen wound, her steps weak.Autumn leaned close to Selena and whispered, “Do you think Luna was really raped by those men, lost the baby, and had her uterus removed?”From the way Luna looked, it didn’t seem like an act; she’d been trading barbs with others not long ago, so it raised questions. What exactly was Luna hiding?
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