CHAPTER 79: THE EMOTIONAL AFTERMATH

The mansion felt different when we got back. Quieter somehow, like it was holding its breath.

I stood in the foyer staring at nothing while William paid the security team he'd hired for the trial. Their voices drifted from the other room but I couldn't make out the words.

Tina touched my arm. "Kate? You okay?"

"I don't know." My hands wouldn't stop shaking. "I thought I'd feel different. Relieved or happy or something."

"You're in shock." She guided me to ...