“We done?” he asked.
Dana did not answer him. She passed the documents to the court clerk, who carried them to the bench.
Justice Evelyn Mercer adjusted her glasses and began reviewing the final disclosures one more time before entering the settlement into the record. Her expression gave away nothing.
That was when Ethan leaned toward me, the edge of his grin still there, and whispered, “You could’ve made this easier years ago.”
I turned my head slowly and met his eyes.
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