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…

about the blanket. The hallway. The rabbit. Lily answered in pieces, each piece first delivered into Boone’s fur. Mama fell. Lily crawled. The lamp was sharp. Loud made loud people worse. She hid where the coats were because Mama told her to get small.

By the time Ava sat down, her six pages of questions remained mostly untouched.

Graham stood for cross-examination continue reading …