ALEXANDER'S POV ONE WEEK LATER The courtroom smelled of polished wood old paper and quiet dread. I sat in the front row beside Dad shoulders rigid hands clasped so tightly my knuckles ached. Rosa stood in the defendant’s box, her wrists cuffed in front of her face blank and cold-blooded like she’d already accepted the end but refused to show it. Raymond stood a few feet away head bowed shoulders slumped the cocky charm he used to wear like armor stripped away completely. Rosa had been charged with murder, parental fraud, kidnapping, money laundering conspiracy and solicitation of assassination. While Raymond faced money laundering accessory after the fact and conspiracy to commit murder. During interrogation the truth had spilled out in ugly pieces—Rosa had introduced Raymond into my life deliberately so they could keep me distracted confused and under control. He’d never loved me, instead he'd been playing a long game for her for money for power. Every kiss, every late-night
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