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Everyone in the courtroom was whispering discreetly to one another, which created a highly tensed environment. I cast a quick glance at Milo, who joined the group there to express his support for the ongoing trial. He smiles at me comfortingly, and with that, I started to feel a little better even though there is this constant pounding inside my chest and my head.

It is going to be okay. I reminded myself numerous times and I think I had gotten used to having that as an incantation whenever things would go wrong.

I returned the smile before turning to look at Jake, who was sitting in his chair and appeared to be frustratingly cool and collected which annoys me so much seeing him and that unbothered look on his face. Why does this cretin have such a professional-looking posture? He seemed to have done nothing wrong even though he is the culprit of this all. He really has the audacity to act as though he has not done anything wrong.

This freaking bastard.

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