Discarded Housewife, Chosen by Her Protector novel · Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter 14: The Hearing
The courtroom in Hood River County was small, and by nine on Thursday it was full.
I knew half the faces in the gallery.
Redfern sat on the left side in plain jackets, and Ronan's Beta had saved me the aisle seat.
Blackwater filled the right side, with the old Alpha's black armbands already pinned on their sleeves.
Ansel sat at the other table in a navy suit, freshly shaved, with a new tie.
Beside him sat a lawyer who had cost a great deal of money.
Lorna sat in the first row behind him in her cream coat.
She caught my eye and gave me a small, sad smile, the one she had given me across my own kitchen for four years.
I looked at the judge instead.
She was a gray-haired woman with half-glasses and a face that had heard every excuse.
A thick folder lay open in front of her.
"I've read the lab report," she said. "I've read the pediatric panels and the deputy's statement."
She looked over her glasses.
"I have watched the gatehouse video twice."
Ansel's lawyer stood.
"Your Honor, we'd ask the court to treat the supplement matter as a separate question from custody."
"I'm sure you would," the judge said. "Sit down."
He sat.
"Mr. Garrow," she said. "The blue jar the sheriff took from your kitchen on Tuesday. It came from your company."
"It's a children's vitamin," Ansel said, and stood, and buttoned his jacket. "Your Honor, I'm a father who trusted the wrong person. Ms. Sedge was our healer. I signed what she gave me."
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