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DANTE“If they’ve spent this much effort building a family business…” I looked down at the photographs once more. “…then let’s bring the whole family together.”Tomorrow’s board meeting suddenly looked very different.“They’ll all attend.” My voice remained calm. “And they’ll answer questions.”Raphael nodded. “I’ll arrange everything, but what about the victims?” His question lingered in the room. “How much am I supposed to wire to them?”I looked toward the window. The people harmed by everything that had happened deserved more than money and no amount could erase what they had gone through.“The court will decide,” I replied. “It’s inevitable.”It wasn’t an answer anyone particularly liked but it was the right one. Compensation would come and responsibility would come one way or another.The conversation slowly drifted away from business after that and for the first time in days, everything felt almost normal.Enzo somehow managed to discover snacks none of us knew existed and Raph
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DANTEThe room fell into a silence so complete that even the faint clatter of Enzo’s fork against his plate seemed too loud and every pair of eyes settled on me.I looked from June to her father before drawing in a slow breath.“Diane is on the run,” I finally let out, the words tasting bitter. “The police know she killed her own daughter.”June lowered her eyes because even now, talking about Angel seemed to pull something painful through the room. The grief hadn’t had time to settle before another fear had replaced it.“They’re looking for her,” I continued quietly. “But until she’s found…” I looked directly at June. “…I’m assuming she’ll come after you.”The words hung heavily between us but June didn’t react outwardly and she didn’t need to because I had spent enough time watching her to notice the smallest changes now.The way her fingers tightened around the edge of her chair, the tiny pause in her breathing and the way her shoulders stiffened before relaxing again, she was tryi
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JUNEI shook my head. “No,” I replied but my voice came out barely above a whisper. “I’m just…” My voice disappeared. “So exhausted.”He nodded once and the understanding in his eyes made something inside me ache.“I’ll take you home.”As he reached for the door, I caught his sleeve. “My dad…” He looked back immediately. “How is he?”“He’s been doing fine.” I searched his face for any sign that he was lying. “The old man’s stronger than you think.”A shaky breath escaped me. “As long as he’s okay…” My throat tightened. “…I’ll be okay too.”He didn’t answer, instead, he simply looked at me and his hand rose slowly until both palms cradled my face, his thumbs brushing lightly beneath my eyes.There was so much in his gaze that I couldn’t name from relief to fear to affection to gratitude.He leaned closer, instinctively, I stopped him. “My breath probably smells terrible.”For the first time all day, the corner of his mouth lifted. “June, baby. I'm only going to say this once. I don’t g
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JUNEThe click of the handcuffs unlocking echoed through the interrogation room louder than it should have and for a second, I simply stared at my wrists. Finally, thank God. The metal fell away, leaving behind angry red marks that circled my skin like bruised bracelets, I rubbed them instinctively, my fingers trembling as feeling slowly returned.Across from me, the commissioner remained standing, his expression wasn’t warm, but it wasn’t accusing anymore either. “You can go.”Just like that with no apology or explanation, just… go. For days, it had felt like these walls would become my entire world. The cold gray room, the buzzing fluorescent lights overhead, the smell of stale coffee and disinfectant that had seeped into everything, even into me but I was free yet my legs didn’t move immediately because freedom felt strangely unfamiliar.One of the officers stepped forward and placed a clear plastic bag on the table, inside were my belongings.“My things?”He nodded and I reached
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DANTE“Diane made me do it and I… I needed money.” She covered her face. “And she was offering so much for me to keep an eye on June. I did just as I was instructed to do.”I remained perfectly still. “Is that why you also stole her research?”She nodded, unable to look at me, lowering her hands again.“I thought…” Another shaky breath. “…I thought I could just look the other way.”Her tears finally spilled over and guilt covered every inch of her face, but I didn’t give a fuck about that, she did what she did and now June is being blamed for it. “You made my wife upset,” I let out, my voice as calm as I could muster. “She spent another night behind bars because of you and she fucking cried because of you.” I held her gaze without blinking. “You don’t get to apologize and walk away from that, you’re definitely going to pay for it.”She nodded almost immediately. “Okay.” Her voice was small. “First,” I spoke again, “get your phone, go on Instagram and do a live video. I want you to t
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DANTEBy the time Raphael parked outside the small duplex, the knot in my chest had tightened into something almost unbearable.The neighborhood was quiet… too quiet even though children rode bicycles farther down the street while an elderly woman watered flowers on her porch, completely unaware that a few doors away sat someone who might hold the answers that had turned June’s life upside down.I looked up at the modest cream-colored house to see that the curtains were drawn, but one car was parked outside, which meant that someone was home.Raphael shut the laptop. “This is the address.”I nodded once. “Let’s go.”Raphael had texted Enzo the address and he walked over to us as we stepped out of our own car. Enzo rolled his shoulders beside me. “I’ve been sitting in cars all day.”Raphael glanced at him. “Try acting like a civilized human being for five minutes.”Enzo looked offended. “But I always do.”“No, you don’t.” Raphael deadpanned. “You convince yourself that you do.”“Can y
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JUNEWhen I returned home, my father didn’t say I told you so and that alone nearly broke me again. The moment I stepped through the gates with my suitcase in hand, he walked toward me without hesitation and pulled me into his arms.I cried like something inside me had finally shattered beyond repa
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JUNEI pushed the front door open slowly and stepped inside the house that had once felt like the safest place in the world. Now it felt unfamiliar and cold, like I was walking through a stranger’s life.The silence pressed against my ears as I dropped my bag beside the couch and stood there starin
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JUNEFate had to be mocking me. There was no other explanation for this kind of cruelty.My father had warned me from the very beginning, and somehow that made everything hurt worse.I gripped the steering wheel so tightly my fingers ached while tears blurred the road ahead of me.I could still hea
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JUNEThe first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Rick.He was asleep on his stomach, one arm stretched across my side of the bed like even in sleep he expected to find me there. Morning light spilled through the curtains, soft gold sliding over his bare shoulders, over the silver strands beginn
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