When Betrayal Backfires

on, and my life had been so thoroughly destroyed that my own body gave up. I was Gabrielle Smith, once the undefeated st

had ostracized me. They thought I was either a corrupt lawyer who took a bribe or a reckless fool who' d used falsified evidence in the bi

friend, my law school companion, the man I' d secretly lov

a lesser law school who always seemed to be in my shadow. She pulled Andrew into a quiet corner, her face str

voice a raw whisper. "Seeing all these peop

gesture of comfort that felt all wrong

ce file. I did it to protect Russo. He promised me a fortune, said the original ev

opped. It was her. She w

xt words were th

r. "I know, Molly.

It was the only way. I was so tired of living in her shadow, of her getting e

my spectral form. The polished floors of the law firm dissolved, the mournful faces faded, an

real, lung-f

my hand resting on the smooth mahogany of

came at

e final discovery fil

Molly'

the trial was set to begin. The day she handed m

time. This