SECOND VERDICT
Justice redistributed himself from the armchair to the couch, stepping on both of them in the determined way he had, and settled across their laps with the weight and warmth of an animal who had decided the situation required his presence.
Outside the city went about its deep-night business. The bridge held its lights over the water. Somewhere at the end of the hallway the corner apartment light was on, as it often was at this hour. Neither of them mentioned it.
"The case," Alex said eventually. Her voice had changed. The tightness gone, just tiredness now, the good kind that came after something difficult had been said and received. "It is strong."
"It is very strong," Emma said. "Amara Ose
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