Courtroom Truths
Family Drama · fiction

The Peace She Would Protect

Five hours into the drive, Ruby finally asked the question I had been avoiding since we left home. “Mom, do you think Aunt Vanessa will be nice this time?” My hands tightened slightly around the steering wheel. Outside the windshield, late-afternoon sunlight stretched across the highway in long golden bands. Ruby sat behind me in her booster...

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Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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Courtroom Truths

Chapters

  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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