REIS’S POV
The morning of the hearing arrived sooner than expected.
So it had been two weeks already…
To be fair.. a lot had happened in those weeks.
We had traveled to Texas, had guns drawn on us, uncovered the man who fathered Judy’s child, and tied him—at least indirectly—to my brother’s death.
That alone should have been enough to occupy every corner of my attention.
But today demanded something else.
Control.
Morning light spilled across my office as I adjusted the cuff of my suit and studied my reflection in the glass.
Composed.
Untouchable.
That was what they needed to see.
A knock sounded, shattering the silence..
“Come in.”
My lead attorney, Bernard Hale, stepped inside carrying two files with him.
And with him…Selene Marrow, his assistant.
Bernard placed the folde
