“She never visited,” he added. “Not once.”
Vanessa’s smile slowly disappeared.
Then I stood.
“Your Honor,” I said, “there is another witness.”
From the back row, a young woman named Sarah walked forward nervously.
“Ten years ago,” she said, “I was the one who called emergency services the night David died.”
The room grew quiet.
She explained that she had been driving past the crash site that rainy night and stopped to help.
She saw David badly injured in the passenger seat.
Vanessa, she said, had been standing outside the driver’s door.
Vanessa protested loudly, but the judge ordered her to sit.
Sarah continued.
Vanessa had told her they’d been arguing while driving.
Then she asked Sarah to help move David into the driver’s seat so it would look like he had been driving.
Gasps spread through the courtroom.
Vanessa denied everything.
But Sarah had something more.
When she first approached the car, she had taken a photo.
The judge examined the image.
It clearly showed David in the passenger seat while Vanessa stood by the driver’s door. The twins were visible in the backseat.
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