Chapter Eighty-Eight

Corbin

Verdict day doesn't feel like some dramatic movie moment where everyone sits in breathless silence, and the universe pauses. It feels like fluorescent lights and stale air and Savannah's fingers digging into mine hard enough to leave marks.

We sit in the same courtroom we've sat in for what feels like a lifetime, with the same judge, the same rows of strangers, and the same itch under my sk