The little girl hadn’t spoken since the night her mother was found on the kitchen floor! Then the court dog lowered his head-and she whispered one sentence toward the defense table…

you to point to Mr. Pierce?”

Lily shook her head.

“Did anybody tell you he was bad?”

“No.”

Ava kept her voice steady. “Are you sure he was in your kitchen?”

Lily looked at Boone. Her fingers combed slowly through his fur, and the dog leaned his head into her side.

“He was mad there,” she said. “Here he makes his face clean.”

Behind Ava, Dr. Bell closed his continue reading …