NathanielI stood in front of the mirror, the fabric of my suit smooth against my fingertips. The dark gray wool, sharp and immaculate, was supposed to make me feel in control. Yet, as I adjusted the cufflinks, my reflection felt like a stranger’s, distant, cold, almost unrecognizable. I didn’t want to see myself, didn’t want to be the man who had failed to keep the one person who mattered out of prison.Avery was still locked up. It didn’t matter that I knew she was innocent, the system didn’t care about that. The feeling in my chest was slowly killing me. There was an unrelenting pressure that was suffocating. I wanted to scream, punch something, do anything to make it stop, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t afford to break. Not now.I exhaled sharply, fixing my tie for the umpteenth time, and turned away from the mirror. It was time to move.As I stepped out of the room, Michael was waiting for me in the hallway. I didn’t need to say anything. He knew the look on my face all too well, the
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