Chapter 9 - The Morning at the Precinct
At 8:00 AM, the Fairfax County General District Court opened its doors for morning bail hearings under a bright Virginia sun.
Mark stood in the hallway alongside his family’s corporate attorney, a high-priced lawyer named Arthur Vance.
Evelyn was brought out in an orange jump suit, her short auburn hair wild and unstyled, her face drawn in lines of exhaustion.
"Arthur, get me out of here immediately!" Evelyn rasped through the glass partition. "The women in that cell were horrifying!"
"Mrs. Vance, the prosecutor has reviewed the nanny cam footage," Arthur reported grimly, adjusting his silk tie.
"They are charging you with felony intentional injury to a child under the age of six."
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"The judge set bail at fifty thousand dollars, but there is a mandatory temporary protective order attached."
"You cannot come within five hundred feet of Claire or baby Emma until the trial concludes."
