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Judge Harrison purses her lips. “And yet Ms. Mercer is the one who has been meeting their needs consistently for the past three years.”

“Thank you!” Every single pair of eyes in the courtroom turns to me. I blush scarlet. “Sorry,” I murmur. “That was supposed to be an inside thought.”

The judge doesn’t crack a smile but she doesn’t admonish me, either. Her gaze veers back to my parents and their l