“Arthur loved Eleanor like his own daughter. I never imagined anything like this could happen.”
He covered his face.
Several spectators began whispering.
I watched him in disbelief.
The man was an extraordinary actor.
He could make his voice crack at exactly the right moment.
He could produce tears whenever the courtroom became quiet.
And somehow, he made betrayal look like heartbreak.
Harrison stood.
“Objection. The witness is offering emotional speculation rather than factual testimony.”
The judge instructed Silas to answer the questions directly.
Silas apologized.
Then he looked toward me.
That same tiny smile appeared.
I knew what it meant.
He thought I was finished.
***
Harrison fought hard.
He questioned the timeline of my father’s final illness.
He presented evidence of Silas’s gambling debts.
He challenged Bobby Tucker’s supposed statement and requested further investigation into the offshore accounts.
But the prosecution argued that the evidence still pointed toward me.
