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Claiming illness hadn’t been a complete lie, since Sienna felt like she might vomit at any moment, but she still felt guilty about shirking work for the rest of the day. It went against all of her instincts.
Her judicial assistant, Jenni, looked truly worried about Sienna’s uncharacteristic early departure from the courthouse, but she respected her boss too much to question her. Instead, she discreetly reminded the judge that she was available if Sienna wanted to talk about anything. The assistant went beyond her job duties by offering to have some chicken noodle soup delivered to Sienna’s condo for lunch, but the mere thought of that made Sienna’s stomach churn even more violently.
Sienna quickly shook her head in response to the kind offer and scurried out of the plush office befor
