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Chapter 4: The Courtroom

Chapter 4: The Courtroom

Six months later, I walked into court with a scar hidden beneath my hair.

I also walked in with a new kidney.

A stranger's final act of generosity had saved my life.

The prosecutor played the hospital recording.

No dramatic speeches were necessary.

The jury watched.

They listened.

They saw everything.

The defense argued stress.

Fear.

Family conflict.

The video destroyed every excuse.

My mother was convicted of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm.

My father was convicted of obstruction and making false statements to investigators.

Connor accepted a plea agreement after admitting he had participated in the financial coercion.

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For the first time in my life...

No one asked me to sacrifice myself for him.

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