Legally Bound
Daniel Alvarez was already seated when Alex entered the visiting room.
He looked older than his years, thirty now, though prison had added a decade to his face. But there was something different about him today. Not hope exactly, but alertness. Like someone who had been underwater too long and could finally see the surface.
“Mr. Cromwell,” Daniel said as Alex sat across from him.
“Daniel,” Alex replied, voice steady. “How are you holding up?”
Daniel exhaled slowly. “I don’t know. I keep thinking… if I let myself believe this might work, it’ll hurt worse if it doesn’t.”
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