All Chapters of His Heart Stopped.. Mine Was Sold: Chapter 91 - Chapter 94

**Shaznay's POV**We found my father at the garden bench at eight in the morning. He sat with a cup of tea balanced on his knee, watching the birds pull worms from the wet grass. His face was calm, rested, carrying the serene confidence of a man who believed the worst storms had passed.I held Victor's hand as we approached. The letters were in a folder tucked under Victor's arm."Two of you, this early, holding hands with those faces." Samuel set his cup on the bench. "Somebody tell me before I imagine the worst.""Daddy, we found something.""Sit down, both of you."We sat. Victor on one side, me on the other. Samuel between us, his broad hands resting on his knees."The facility where Victor's mother was held," I began. "We discovered an elderly woman inside. Margaret Okafor. She had information about Simon Emmanuel's history.""Go on.""Margaret told us that Simon had three sons. Daniel, from his first wife. Richard, from Evelyn." I paused. My throat tightened. "And a third. Born

**Shaznay's POV**The courtroom felt smaller than the one where Valda was convicted. A regional court, modest and efficient, without the cameras and reporters that turned the Emmanuel trial into a national spectacle.Dorinda's charges were narrower: fraud, coercion, exploitation of a vulnerable adult. The prosecutors did not pursue attempted murder because her role in the poisoning conspiracy was secondary; she was a tool, not an architect.Victor and I sat in the second row. Grace was beside me, her hands folded in her lap, her face composed with the hard-earned stillness of a woman who had made peace with her own history. Samuel waited in the witness room, preparing to testify.Dorinda was brought in through the side door. She had aged since her arrest. Her hair, once meticulously styled, hung limp around her shoulders. Her prison clothes were too large for her frame. The sharp, commanding woman who once controlled our household was gone; replaced by someone diminished, hollowed, th