Yes, I was putting Chase through an actual legal trial to punish him further. Yes, I could have just had him killed at any point that he was in holding in the last three weeks. But a huge part of me needed this level of vindication. I needed his crimes to be aired out and for a court to condemn him for what he’d done. And not just what he’d done to the hundreds of people—children—he’d trafficked over the years, but to me. To make up for the years of abuse and the stains left on my soul. This trial was about more than appearances. And Seph knew that. She knew deep down I wasn’t a ruthless,
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