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Chapter 3 — The Trial Begins

News spread faster than anyone expected.

The recording aired in court.

Jurors sat perfectly still.

No one looked at my father.

Instead...

They watched me.

The prosecutor played every word.

"You need your life..."

"Your brother needs that money more."

Then the recording stopped.

Michael's attorney stood.

"It was an emotional family argument."

The prosecutor calmly replied,

"Then let's hear what happened afterward."

Another recording began.

This one captured my father whispering to Ethan after he thought I'd left.

"If she dies after surgery..."

"The house stays in the family."

Gasps filled the courtroom.

Even Michael's own lawyer slowly closed his notebook.

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He knew.

The case had just become impossible to defend.

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