The air in the courtroom crackled with tension as I watched Sarah, Beth, and Faith, my former colleagues, storm into the room. Cameras flashed and the crowd stirred in wonder as they paused in the center of the room.
Jasper snorted, waving at them. “What is this? There weren’t cited as witnesses, last I checked!”
Mr. Erickson seemed just as stunned. He eyed each of the women, then leaned toward them. His voice was barely a whisper as he hissed at Beth.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” he snapped. “Now you three are going against me?”
Beth cast a glance in his direction, but she might as well have been looking through him. She then turned to me and gave me a quick nod. “We figured showing up in person would make more of an impact, given the circumstances.”
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