The Strawberry Cake Rotting At Eighteen

Synopsis

The man who once loved me most, Michael Stanton, broke four of my ribs with his car—all for his junior, Emily Hughes. He looked at me like I was trash. "Charlotte, you're the best lawyer in Bayview City. Defend Emily, and she walks free. Refuse..." He let the engine rev, tires inching toward my skull. "And I'll make sure you end up like the man she ran over." I lay silent in my own blood while strangers called for an ambulance. As sirens wailed and consciousness faded, I called John Carter. "Professor Carter... there's a big case in Bayview City. "And about the divorce... I accept it."