**Sofia's POV**The federal courthouse steps were a madhouse of reporters, protesters, and legal teams all waiting for the same announcement. I stood at the edge of the chaos, checking my phone for the hundredth time since the grand jury had begun deliberating six hours ago.Three weeks had passed since Aloe's fall, three weeks of federal investigations, media scrutiny, and legal maneuvering that had transformed a domestic abuse case into the biggest criminal conspiracy trial of the decade."Any word?" Blake appeared beside me, looking like he'd aged years in the past month. The stress of potential federal charges, combined with watching Aloe rebuild her life from a hospital bed, had taken its toll."Nothing yet. But the prosecutors seemed confident when they presented their case this morning."The case we'd built was comprehensive—Aloe's testimony, corroborated by three other victims, supported by financial records, medical documents, and communications we'd obtained through legal ch
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