Adrian looked at Elias and Hope.For a long moment, he said nothing. The noise of the courthouse corridor-reporters shouting questions, camera shutters clicking, the low murmur of strangers who had come only to watch a tragedy unfold-felt distant, as if it belonged to another world.Hope squeezed his hand. "Can we go home now?"He nodded. "Yes. We're going home."Elias stood a little apart, shoulders tight, eyes fixed on the heavy doors that had closed behind Isabel. Cecilia rested a hand lightly on his back. She did not push him to speak. She simply stayed there, solid and quiet, until the boy's breathing slowed.Ethan, who had remained silent through most of the hearing, finally spoke. "It's over."Cecilia met Ethan 's gaze. "The legal part is over. The rest... that takes longer." They left through a side exit the bailiffs had cleared for them. Outside, the sky was a pale, washed-out blue. No one tried to force conversation. Hope climbed into the car first and immediately claimed th
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