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…

“I had the red one,” she murmured.

Ava almost missed it. “You had the red block?”

Lily nodded once.

“Okay. I’m going to stay right here. You can tell Boone anything you want, and if you want me to hear it, I’ll listen.”

Graham shifted in his chair, but he did not object. Not yet.

For a long minute, nothing happened. The room developed an ache around the continue reading …