A Fragile Alliance

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Katie Robinson tilted her head, her expression shifting from warm to pointedly concerned. She stepped closer to Martha, lowering her voice as if sharing a painful secret with the jury. "Mrs. Sterling, I want to talk about a specific evening. The celebration dinner held just before the final signing with Marcus Vane. Can you describe Sarah’s behavior that night?" I felt a jolt of ice water rush through my veins. I looked at Liam, my brow furrowed in total confusion. The Vane dinner? I scrambled through the fog in my mind, trying to piece the night together. Martha looked down at her hands, twisting her wedding ring, before looking back up with a pained expression. "She... she was acting very different that day. Before she even got to the table, she was swaying. She was acting... well, dr

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