Chapter 197. Building Hopes

Mr. Hamilton sat on his chair across Isabella and her husband Alex in his sparsely decorated office. The room felt suffocating, the walls lined with shelves having a lot of case files. The weight of the situation was down on Isabella, making it hard to.

Mr. Hamilton, an experienced lawyer having bits of gray hairs on his face adjusted his glasses and looked at them with a grave expression.

“I’ll be honest with you, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, ” he began, his voice steady but filled with concern. “This case is going to be incredibly tough one. We’re up against the state, and there’s strong evidence against Ryder.”

Isabella’s heart sank, and she clutched Alex’s hand tightly, seeking some form of comfort. Alex squeezed back in a bit to offer her some comfort.

“What kind of evidence?” Alex asked, his voice firm but the question had an obvious answer. He should not have asked that but at that point, that was the only word that ran through his thoughts and came out of