Chapter 19 - Trial
The prosecutor started with the keys.
Three plastic evidence bags.
Three brass copies.
CALLUM.
Then the fourth key Ambrose had used.
No theatrical presentation.
Simple.
The jury saw preparation.
Then video.
Forty-three seconds.
My slap.
Everything.
Then notebook.
Defense objected to old Rafferty pages as prejudicial.
Judge allowed limited portions to establish Ambrose’s stated method and intent, not to retry decades-old parenting.
Good.
Then current pages.
4A.
4B.
4C.
Door latched.
Progress.
Keys.
Then cousin.
What she saw.
Then Lysandra later.
Then prosecution expert.
Then defense.
“This is a grandfather who made serious mistakes while attempting to help a fearful child.”
Maybe.
The law would decide.
The prosecutor answered:
“The word help does not unlock a door.”
May you like
That line stuck.
Trial moved.
