Ethan
I didn't let go of Clara's hand for a single instant. From the moment we crossed the threshold of the prosecutor's office that morning, my fingers remained intertwined with hers as if that simple touch could protect her from everything that was yet to come… Perhaps it couldn't.
But I needed to believe it could.
The proceedings were much longer than I imagined. It wasn't a trial… Not yet.
It was a formal expansion of her statement, the ratification of the evidence provided by Nathan, and the acknowledgment of some of the material the Prosecutor's Office had added to the case file.
Photographs, videos… Expert reports, statements. All of that which for weeks had remained hidden, manipulated, or buried by people who had decided to sell their conscience for money.
Clara answered eac
