The judge struck his gavel.
“Sit down!”
Vanessa slowly sat again, her face pale.
“This is a lie!”
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Sarah took a deep breath.
“She told me the man in the passenger seat was her husband. Vanessa said they’d been arguing while she was driving, and they crashed when she lost control.”
I could hear George whisper, “What?”
“She kept saying she couldn’t lose her kids,” Sarah said softly. “She said that if her husband survived, he would blame her and take the children.”
Vanessa shook her head. “None of this happened!”
“Vanessa said they’d been arguing.”
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Sarah looked directly at her. “You begged me to help you move him into the driver’s seat. You said it would look like he caused the crash.”
The courtroom gasped.
Jeffrey covered his mouth in shock.
The judge’s expression hardened.
