The courtroom was packed, the air thick with tension, reporters whispering like restless shadows at the back. But none of that mattered to Sarah.
She sat beside Nicolas, her fingers clasped together, her expression calm but sharpened by everything she had fought through.
Today was the day everything either collapsed… or finally came back home.
James arrived moments later with his lawyer — Barrister Collins Hart, a man known for taking impossible cases and turning them around. But even he looked uneasy, fully aware of the weight this particular battle carried.
James himself looked drained; exhaustion had carved fresh lines along his face. His eyes kept scanning the room, searching for Daniel, searching for Sarah, searching for a forgiveness he didn’t know how to ask again.
When the
