ZOE'S POV
My legs felt weak as I walked inside my apartment. The room felt heavy even with the windows open. It didn’t matter. Nothing felt real anymore. Austin was silent behind me. I sat down feeling worn out.
He offered me something to drink. I wasn't even sure what. Water, maybe. I nodded and accepted it without a word. I just gazed at the glass. I didn’t drink it. I couldn’t. My mind was reeling, spinning between Alexis vanishing, the stunned look on Owen’s face in that courtroom, and the way I peeled his hands off me like they no longer belonged.
“They should’ve seen this coming,” Austin said eventually, his voice breaking the silence like a crack in glass. “Owen... he was just being confident for nothing. He knew what Alexis was capable of. She’s escaped justice before. If he re
