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“Yes, but if the jury is hung or a ain”

The thought oflike this le

“Excuseto the bathroom where I close the door, hitonce more, and the rapid descent has me out of sorts Today wasthe chaos Instead, it’smy mouth with the back of my hand, I flush and move to the sink I rinse out my mouth, splash water on my face, and pray the towels are at least se comes on the door

“Sassy, you okay?”

“Yeah, I’ainst the sink

“You want me to come in there?”

“No, I’ out”

I push away from the sink and walk out to a worried Ollie

“I’m fine”

“Uh huh”

I roll ainst a pillow “Can I rest?”

“Yes, I’ll keepyou every hour” Ollie places a kiss on my forehead I want to ask hiy, so I close my eyes and zone out

OLLIE

I hold Quinn’s hand as ait for the phone to ring Today we get the verdict We’re hoping for two counts of robbery and atteerprints in the area and soh licks in to draw blood How they could let him ith that coupled with our eye witness accounts, I don’t know, but stranger things have happened The phone rings and I closejustice for hiuarantee I won’t take things into my own hands

“Carter Yeah? You got it?Yeah, I’m readyYeah Okay I’ll tell them”