Chapter 127

Nora POV

The chapel goes dead silent except for the distant roll of waves.

“Wait... what?" David says, his hands tightening around my waist. “There has to be a mistake! She was cleared of all charges months ago!”

“New evidence has come to light that leads us to believe she doctored the tape she sent to us six months ago, and then killed Maya to cover it up.”

“Mommy what's happening?” Lucy asks in a small voice.

I look down at her, then back at Harlan as he approaches holding the cuffs.

The metal clicks around my wrists before I can even process the sound. Tight enough to bite skin but not quite break it. My dress brushes the stone floor as they turn me, guiding my arms behind my back. The silk feels suddenly ridiculous against the rough edges of realit