Sofia's challenge was heard in the second week of March.
Not a full trial — a preliminary hearing to determine whether the challenge had sufficient merit to proceed. Dra. Tavares had told Camila from the beginning that this was likely where it would be decided, and that likely it would not proceed, but that the hearing itself was not nothing.
She was required to be present. She wore the navy blazer — not the secondhand one from November, which she'd replaced in January with something that fit properly, as a quiet decision she'd made about occupying her actual size. Same colour. Better shoulders.
Leonardo was there with Rafael and two other members of his legal team. He sat across the room and caught her eye when she came in and gave her a look she'd learned to translate: I've seen the d
