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…

“But I’m happy you get to be with your aunt. That’s a good kind of sad.”

Lily looked unconvinced. After a moment, she placed Bunny in Denise’s lap.

“You can hold him till I visit.”

Denise pressed the rabbit to her chest and nodded because speech had left her for a while.

Boone visited Lily twice before she moved to Megan’s house. Officially, the visits continue reading …