Chapter 123 – Signing the EndThe courtroom had barely settled from the morning’s chaos when the clerk finally called our names. My legs stiffened. My hands pressed into my thighs under the table, trying to steady the tremor that had nothing to do with the polished marble beneath my heels.I wanted to scream at him, throw my bag, storm into the judge’s chamber and yell every accusation I’d rehearsed in my head. But the second he locked eyes with mine, all that fire simmered into a tense, brittle silence.“Good morning,” he said, voice low, casual, as if we were strangers meeting at a café.I tilted my head, forcing my glare into place. “Morning,” I said, sharp. No warmth. Nothing. Just the knife-edge politeness of someone who refuses to be caught off guard.We didn’t talk again until the clerk called our names. “Ms. Perkins. Mr. Jonathan,” the clerk said, voice clipped and professional. “Please proceed to the front.”Larry fell into step beside me. I bit my lip. Don’t say anything. D
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