He Thought I'd Forget novel · Chapter 22 of 32
Chapter 22: The First Responder
"That's a lie," I said.
"I know it's a lie," my attorney said. "Now we have to prove it's a lie."
Clark sat up beside me and put his bare shoulder against mine.
I could feel his heart going.
"The hearing is in two weeks," she said. "Until then the boy stays with you. But a judge will read a psychiatrist's affidavit, Mrs. Aldane. A judge will not read your memory."
"Then what do I bring her?"
"Somebody else who was on that bridge."
She'd requested the old crash report the day after the full hearing.
It came by courier at noon, and she spread it on Jeanine's kitchen table while my sister fed Davey peas.
Single vehicle. Blue hatchback. Rolled at the curve on the far side of the bridge.
Two calls to 911.
The first at 10:52, from a passing driver who stopped.
The second at 10:56, from a physician at the university hospital, reporting that his wife had not come home and he was worried about the roads.
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