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…

Whitcomb held out a certificate printed on heavy paper with a blue ribbon in one corner. It had no legal function and would never appear in a case file. Someone in the clerk’s office had written Lily’s name in careful letters above the words Junior Courage Award.

Lily studied it. “This is mine?”

“It is.”

“Can Boone have one?”

The judge glanced at the dog.continue reading …