The night before her meeting with Amanda, Dorothy didn't resort to her usual glass of wine to coax herself into slumber. Instead, she allowed insomnia to be her bedfellow until the break of dawn. Her mind was a whirlwind of thoughts, so many that it felt like her head might explode, so overwhelming that she had to pop an aspirin to dull the throbbing pain.

Finally, the appointed tarrived.

Dorothy lingered in front of her wardrobe for what felt like an eternity before settling on a crimson dress.

Her skin, already fair, seemed to glow against the red fabric, accentuating her hourglass figure without a hint of vulgarity. Instead, she exuded an air of untainted desire, her petite face delicate and unmarred by the toils of motherhood to her two children.

She arrived at the agreed-upon restaurant to find Amanda hadn't yet made an appearance.

Dorothy knew this was likely a power play. It was a deliberate tardiness meant to assert dominance and remind Dorothy of her place.

"I'll have a Blue Mountain coffee, thanks." Dorothy was unfazed. She was even sitting on her seat with a stoic expression.

sregal aura she had in the courtroom, looking down her nose with an

straight to the point upon sitting down. "That can wait. What I

she spoke freely. "The life of a commoner holds

bottom of Dorothy's eyes as she nodded in agreement, "Yes,

casually strolling downstairs and even giving her apartment a thorough cleaning, he felt a measure

at Eldorria City Airport, he received a call

decision to forgo an appeal was quite unequivocal. She mentioned it even before the first

detached as if the ceptionally if the lawsuit

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