Chapter 14 - The TrialMonths later, the case became a media sensation.
Evidence accumulated.
The toxicology reports.
The surveillance footage.
The attempted highway attack.
The hospital assault.
The stolen medical clothing.
The weapon.
Every piece told the same story.
This had never been a misunderstanding.
It had been a calculated campaign of control.
His mother's attorneys argued that grief and psychological trauma had distorted her judgment.
They spoke about Emily.
They spoke about loss.
They spoke about a mother who had become mentally unwell.
David listened.
Part of him still remembered the woman who had packed his school lunches.
The woman who had waited outside his kindergarten classroom.
The woman who had kissed his forehead when he was sick.
But compassion did not erase accountability.
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Grief could explain darkness.
It could never excuse what she had chosen to do.
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