Chapter 67: Layla's Public Breakdown

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The video goes viral three days after the verdict. Harper sends it to me with just three words: You need to see this. I'm at Liam's place, finally starting to breathe again, when I click the link. It's shaky phone footage from inside Marea, one of those upscale restaurants where the wealthy go to be seen. The timestamp says it was filmed last night. And there's Layla, standing on a table, mascara running down her face, screaming. "She took everything from me!" Her voice is shrill, breaking. "Everything! My family, my future, my baby. Violet Carter destroyed my entire life and everyone's acting like she's some kind of hero!" The camera pans. Shows other diners staring, some filming on their own phones. A manager trying to coax her down. Someone laughing in the background. "She's a vin

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