Chapter 14 - Patricia Begs For A Plea Deal
Sitting in the back row, Patricia watched her former husband get dragged away toward the holding cells without a single glance back.
She turned her tear-stained face toward Uncle Marcus, raising a trembling hand to beg for family mercy.
“Marcus... please... we share a history... help me secure a plea deal so I don't lose everything,” Patricia pleaded desperately.
Marcus didn't even turn his head to look at her, maintaining a wall of icy, absolute silence.
“You traded your daughters' safety for a monster who despised you, Patricia; you reap what you sow,” Marcus stated without emotion.
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Her public defender whispered urgently in her ear, pushing her head down as cameras flashed relentlessly from the press gallery.
The woman who had once stood in the emergency room swearing we fell down stairs was now facing a decade behind bars.
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