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Chapter 292 Thank You, I’m Sorry

But this didn’t mean Asher was free to go.

He still had to remain in police custody, awaiting the final decision.

As soon as the trial ended, officers escorted the boy out of the courtroom.

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Mindy pushed through the crowd, slipping between people until she reached the front. Though a short distance separated them, it felt too far–too far to touch, too far to close the gap.

Her shoulders trembled involuntarily. Her eyes shimmered with something raw and broken, tears threatening to spill over–but she held them back.

She just stood there, locked in place, staring at her son with clenched lips and aching silence.

Asher caught her gaze. His expression tightened ever so slightly.

The corner of his mouth twitched faintly. After a beat of silence, he called out-

“Mom.”

His voice was soft and cool, drifting between a sigh and a murmur. The words reached Mindy’s ears like a fragile breeze. Her tears nearly broke free.

“I’ll come back.”

her a small, easy smile–calm and

without another glance, Asher turned away and

by the

final push of encouragement. She offered a warm smile, her curved eyes gleaming with

sound of her voice, blinking as something flickered

He looked at her.

a moment, thousands of thoughts flooded his mind–so fast, so chaotic, so hard to name. His feelings toward Jean were complicated, tangled

up,” the officer ahead of him called, turning to prompt

slightly. Then

“Thank you. And…”

“I’m sorry.”

back. Just sped up and walked out

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her–she expected

he

didn’t feel wronged by

on it. She turned to

trailed the officers

off from

bits

a lot–about what was being said

how badly people insulted him.

way they misunderstood and vilified Jean because of him… that,

why those words–I’m sorry–had slipped out of him so