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…

back slightly, not distancing herself, only making herself smaller for the child. The clerk’s fingers hovered above the keyboard. Graham Pierce sat motionless beside Tyler, his expression arranged into polite concern.

Lily’s lips moved against Boone’s ear.

At first, Ava thought the child was whispering nonsense, the private murmur of a toddler using continue reading …