Vanessa sat, but her eyes burned with anger.
Vanessa shot up from her chair.
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“I was in my early 20s then,” Sarah said. “I had just left a friend’s house. It was raining hard that night, and the road was empty. I saw headlights off to the side of the road and realized a car had crashed into a tree.”
Jeffrey and George listened attentively.
“I pulled over,” Sarah continued. “When I got closer, I saw a man in the passenger seat. He was badly hurt but still breathing.”
The judge frowned.
Sarah hesitated. “The driver was outside the car.”
Vanessa shifted uncomfortably.
“I saw a man in the passenger seat.”
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Sarah continued. “Vanessa was pacing beside the open driver’s door. She looked frantic.”
A murmur rippled through the courtroom.
“I asked if she needed help,” Sarah said. “She said yes. Then she told me something strange.”
Vanessa suddenly stood.
“This is a lie!”
