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…

had helped the State’s original theory more than it helped him. Jenna Carter’s neighbors had heard him yell before. Friends had seen bruises Jenna explained away. His alibi for the night she was attacked was thin enough to tear with one good tug.

Beside him, Graham Pierce looked as if he had never been uncomfortable in his life.

Graham had the smooth continue reading …