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…

that healing did not make her mother the same overnight. Sometimes Jenna needed quiet. Sometimes Lily needed the hallway light on. Sometimes both of them sat on Megan’s porch without talking, sharing grapes from a plastic bowl while the maple leaves moved overhead.

Nearly two months after Lily first entered Courtroom 6A, Ava saw them outside the courthouse.continue reading …