(Logan)
I stared at the documents on my desk, the ink still fresh from the signatures that would seal my father’s fate.
It should have felt like a victory, knowing he’d rot in a cell next to Emily, paying for all the pain he’d caused, but all I felt was a hollow sense of finality. The man who had once held so much power over my life was now nothing more than another criminal behind bars.
Good riddance.
But even as I shut the folder, I knew this wasn’t the end. The threat might have been neutralized, but the scars remained.
The fear that had gripped us, the constant need to look over our shoulders, wouldn’t just vanish overnight.
I had to protect my family, now more than ever.
Elly was at the forefront of my mind. She had been instrumental in bringing my father down, and I couldn’
