Aria I’d never been inside a courtroom before that day. I thought it would feel like a place for justice, for truth, but when I stepped inside, it felt more like a stage. Every pair of eyes turned toward , guessing, waiting to decide who I was supposed to be victim, liar, or girl too broken to know the difference. The other girls went first. One after another. Each of them dressed in soft colors, hair tied back, their voices trembling but steady enough to sound real. I sat in the back, hands clasped, fingers digging into my palm as I listened to their stories all just telling the truth. I could hear Vance voice in all of them, shaping each sentence, cutting away the parts that didn’t fit the version of the truth we needed. Every testimony was like watching pieces of myself being repeated by someone else. Damien sat at the defense table, motionless. His suit was immaculate, but his eyes they looked exhausted, haunted, the way someone looks after fighting for too long. He didn
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