Chapter 13 - Chad's Desperate Plea From The Federal Detention Center
A week before his trial, Chad sent an urgent request to meet with Chloe at the federal detention center in Lower Manhattan. Chloe agreed to attend, wanting to close the chapter on her past once and for all.
She sat behind the thick glass partition in the stark visitation room, watching as Chad was led inside in an orange jumpsuit. He looked gaunt, his hair unkempt, his eyes filled with a mixture of terror and profound regret.
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"Chloe... please, tell the prosecutors you won't testify," Chad sobbed into the phone, pressing his palm against the glass. "I’ll sign any document... I’ll give up everything! Just don't let them send me to prison for twenty years!"
"You gave up everything the moment you laid your hand on me, Chad," Chloe replied quietly. "Now you are simply paying the price the court demands." She hung up the phone and walked out, leaving him weeping in the dark room.
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