But Jiwon had also stood in that courtroom and said the words dead man switch like she'd been saving them. Like she'd built this whole plan specifically to survive the outcome no matter what it was. She had connections before the trial. She had people. She had fifteen years of watching how AUREYA operated and learning exactly where the gaps were.
'Okay but she can't just... people don't just... there's a whole justice system—'
People like Jiwon didn't disappear quietly into maximum security and stay there if they didn't want to.
Soorin's hands were cold.
She looked down at them in her lap and they were completely still and she had no memory of making them do that. The fabric of the champagne dress was soft under her palms and that detail was coming in very clearly and sharply in a way that meant her brain was grabbing at anything concrete.
Her heartbeat was wrong. Too fast and weirdly loud, like it had decided to be audible just now.
