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Chapter 12: The Tape

Chapter 12: The Tape

The courtroom lights dimmed. A large flat-screen TV was wheeled in front of the jury box.

There was no audio, but the high-definition security camera missed nothing.

The jury watched as I escorted Sophie to the restroom. They watched Preston slyly walk over to our table, look over his shoulder, and slip his phone into Sophie’s denim jacket on the back of her chair.

A collective gasp echoed through the gallery. One juror, a middle-aged woman, covered her mouth in horror.

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Then the tape skipped forward. It showed Preston storming back to the entrance. It showed the violent, terrifying force with which he swung the heavy oak board into my tiny daughter. It showed him standing over her bleeding body with a look of utter satisfaction.

When the lights came back on, the jury looked at Preston not as a man who made a mistake, but as a monster.

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