Chapter 141: Unexpected Decisions

Seeing Sophia’s tears and hearing her story, Levi made a decision he never thought he would make when the incident happened. He shook his head, disappointed in himself—she reminded him so much of who he used to be. “I’ll drop the charges against you,” Levi said quietly. Sophia looked up, shocked, tears still streaming down her face. “What?” she asked, her mouth open in disbelief. Levi took a deep breath. “I’ll drop the charges against you,” he repeated. She swiped at her eyes, clearly perplexed. “Why?” she asked. “You remind me too much of myself,” Levi admitted. “Maybe I’ll regret this someday, but it feels right to me now.” Sophia nodded but looked more broken than ever. “I’ll only ask one thing from you,” Levi added. “What’s that?” she asked. “Do the right thing. Don’t do it for me—do it for yourself,” he said, standing up from the chair and heading toward the door of the interrogation room. His hand was on the door when Sophia’s voice stopped him. “Levi?” she called out, h