Ava's POV:
Three days later, Noah brought me news.
"Luke Callahan's father didn't make it. He passed away in the ICU," he reported. "He applied for compassionate prison release to attend the funeral, but the court denied it."
Half a month later, the trial officially opened.
Luke sat slumped in the defendant's seat like a broken man. Beatrice kept her head lowered, hiding her face behind her hair, refusing to meet anyone's eyes.
In the courtroom, the prosecution presented all the evidence.
Recordings, surveillance footage, hospital injury reports, Luke's financial transaction records, and Beatrice's forged contracts.
Each piece landed like a hammer blow, leaving them completely unable to defend themselves.
The prosecutor submitted the final batch of evidence, a
