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The air in the courtroom crackled with tension as I watched Sarah, Beth, and Faith, my former colleagues, storm into the room. Cameras flashed and the crowd stirred in wonder as they paused in the center of the room.

Jasper snorted, waving at them. “What is this? There weren’t cited as witnesses, last I checked!”

Mr. Erickson seemed just as stunned. He eyed each of the women, then leaned toward them. His voice was barely a whisper as he hissed at Beth.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” he snapped. “Now you three are going against me?”

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Beth cast a glance in his direction, but she might as well have been looking through him. She then turned and gave me a quick nod. “We figured showing up in person would make more of an impact, given the circumstances.”

“You can’t be serious!” Erickson ran a hand through his thinning hair and shook his head. “After all I’ve done-”

“Exactly,” Sarah cut him off with a sneer. “After all you’ve done.”

She then turned to the judge and tucked in her chin, her hard expression giving way to something soft and demure. “I can assure you that our willingness to testify was inadvertent on Ms. Sinclair’s part. This is our doing.”

The judge, still disgruntled, peered down at her and adjusted his glasses. “I see. As long as you remain relevant, the court will hear your testimony.”

As Sarah took her place in the witness stand, I felt a surge of gratitude and admiration. I didn’t think they would

make it at all, let alone show their faces for all to see.

Honor,” Sarah began, her voice unwavering, “I worked alongside Ms. Sinclair at Erickson and Co., and I can

attest to the toxic environment perpetuated by Mr. Erickson. The abuse of power, the harassment–it was pervasive, and it extended far beyond one isolated incident.”

I observed the jury, the judge, and the spectators, their attention drawn once more by Sarah’s words.

As Beth followed with her testimony, the details of her own ordeal spilled forth. The weight of her words, the emotional toll etched on her face, seemed to grip the cameraman. I heard a few reporters instruct them to pan

face as tears ran down

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last to testify, spoke with a quiet strength that I just knew the media was eating up. “Your Honor, I, too, experienced harassment at the hands of

that had lingered in the early

as if he’d believed that never in a thousand years would his other employees rat him out. Up until then, he had appeared confident enough, but that mask as

jurors, once skeptical, now appeared contemplative, their faces reflecting a dawning awareness as they looked down on Mr. Erickson. The spectators, a mix of reporters, lawyers, and

your sleeve, Ms. Sinclair?” Jasper growled, shooting me a

me, but I kept my tone even. “Our commitment is to the truth,

his confidence momentarily shaken. There was a murmur amongst the crowd. People aimed their cameras in his direction, curling their lips in

then. His face contorted with anger as he stood abruptly and slammed his fists against the table. “Lying

the outburst causing unrest among the spectators. The judge, with a stern expression, banged his gavel,

knock me down a peg. I worked hard to get to where I am, and I’m not going to

our direction. I clenched my fists, determined not to let his tirade undermine what I sensed was a tide turning in my favor. I looked over at my friends,

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a gentle smile. I smiled back, wondering

jury. “I apologize for the disruption. Please disregard any outbursts and focus on the

feel Mr. Erickson’s eyes burning into me. I exchanged a brief glance with Jane, a silent

Their exchange was intense, punctuated by gestures

noise and the hum of conversations obscured