All Chapters of Fidelity: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Oren reached for the remote and turned off the television. When he turned back, the glow of the fire as his backdrop, I stared deeply into his eyes. The blue glistened with the reflection of the fire as the gray beyond the windows grew darker."In all the years, did I ever tell you about my mother?"

I lifted my head. "Why would he show his hand?""What do you mean?""He could have had Chelsea on the stand and taken that line of questioning. If he had, he could have, at the very least, established a shred of doubt in the prosecution's case, made the jury question her alibi, especially with the s

"Delusional. I have medical records. I have proof. The doctors will all testify to your incompetence.""That's wonderful. I have doctors, too. I have proof, too. They ran tests. I won't say more because I won't waste my breath. Just know that I've seen the entire will, including the part you didn't

"So it's all mine. End of story?""That would be too simple. Look at the next section."This wasn't the first time or even the tenth time that Nox and I had mulled over this document. I knew I wasn't an attorney yet, but some of the wording seemed inconsistent to me, at best.Once the age or degree

Though Nox's shoulder was against my side and his woodsy scent soothed me, my vision was beginning to narrow. My heart beat faster as the red faded and Alton's confidence grew.Fighting my childhood training, I maintained my ground. "My mother isn't delusional. She's clearheaded for the first time."