Jessie's POVOne month had passed since that terrible day. One month since Gaty fired those shots. One month since our lives changed forever.Today was her sentencing hearing.I sat in the courtroom between Ethan and Beatrice. My hands were clasped tightly in my lap, so tight that my knuckles had turned red.The courtroom was packed. Reporters filled the back rows. Luna Constance sat on the other side with daughter, both of them dressed in black. They were still in mourning. Derek had died two days after the shooting. The bullet had pierced his heart, and despite the doctors' best efforts, he hadn't survived.Gaty was brought in wearing an orange prison jumpsuit. Her hands were cuffed in front of her. She looked so small, so broken. Nothing like the girl I had grown up with.When her eyes met mine, I saw everything there. Shame, regret, pain, and something that looked like relief. Like she was glad it was finally over.The judge entered, and we all stood. "Please be seated," he said.
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