Chapter 144. Second Chances

ROBERT

I watched as the officers led Amanda out of the courtroom, her shackled hands clasped behind her back and her head hanging low.

She looked broken. Defeated.

And whereas she'd walked in confidently earlier, flashing a smug grin at me, now her feet dragged, and she didn't dare to look up. She couldn't, though, not after all that had happened.

Seeing her like this, knowing she finally got her karma, a bitter satisfaction curled in my chest.

Finally, she was getting what she deserved. After the chaos, the wreck—the way she'd torn through my life, Renee's, and so many others—she would finally pay.

This was her end. Her retribution. And it was brutal, yes, but it was also entirely fitting.

"Yes," I breathed out, an invisible weight, one I'd carried for far too long, lifting from my chest. "Damn, I feel good," I murmured under my breath, and a smile formed on my lips.

God! I couldn't wait to get home to Renee.

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