The Wife They Burned novel · Chapter 29 of 32
Chapter 29: Trial
"Insanity," I said.
"It's a strategy," the detective said. "Not a diagnosis."
"She'll have two doctors from New York who've met her for six hours. We'll have everyone who ever watched her lie."
"Will it work?"
"Not if the jury's awake."
The trial started on the second Monday in June, in the courthouse in Stamford.
Marshall's mother wasn't there.
She'd pleaded guilty in May, to all three charges, in a navy suit with her lawyer reading her words for her.
Two years.
She'd asked the judge whether she could serve them somewhere near the water.
The judge had said no.
The courtroom was full every day.
The families came in shifts, so somebody from Lantern House was always in the second row.
Joy came every single morning with her knitting, and the bailiff gave up asking her to put the needles away.
Fallon sat at the defense table in cream.
Every day, a different cream sweater.
Her hair was down and soft, and she held a tissue in both hands.
She never once looked at me.
She looked at the door, every time it opened.
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