My Father Mocked Me for Coming to Court Without a Lawyer, But the Judge Opened My File and the Whole Room Went Silent

certain.

I didn’t leave the courthouse immediately. I stayed for a while in the hallway, not because I needed to exactly, but because I had no clear sense yet of where to carry myself next.

Sunlight came in through the tall windows and cast long pale bars across the floor. Dust moved slowly in it like time had decided to become briefly visible.

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