Formal charges
Over the next several days, the law came down swiftly. Formal charges were filed—breaking and entering, property destruction, attempted theft. The list stretched long and damning, each word a nail in the coffin of their defense. The evidence was airtight, the motive obvious. When the trial began, there was no escape. Harper sat in the back of the courtroom, watching silently as the case unfolded with grim inevitability. Justice was closing in.
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