Chapter 15 - Vanessa’s Defense Attorney Tries Desperately To Save Her
Outside the courthouse steps, reporter microphones were thrust into the face of Vanessa’s court-appointed public defender.
“Mr. Sterling! Is it true the defendant attempted to forge multi-million-dollar property transfers from her own mother?” shouted a reporter.
“We maintain that Ms. Hale was acting under severe family distress and financial misunderstanding,” the lawyer stammered defensively.
Back in my hospital room, I watched the live broadcast on the wall-mounted television with a quiet, bitter smile.
My hip surgery had gone smoothly, and I was already sitting up in a chair practicing brief leg extensions with a physical therapist.
“Your daughter’s defense strategy is dissolving faster than sugar in hot coffee, Martha,” the nurse noted while checking my IV.
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“Truth always dissolves lies eventually, nurse. Some people just take longer to learn that lesson,” I replied softly.
The American justice system was grinding forward, grinding down every defense Vanessa thought she possessed.
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