My Lawyer Wife Buried Me Twice
"Your Honor, my client Declan Merritt did not act with criminal intent. At the time of the incident, he was in a disoriented mental state, and he has cooperated fully with the investigation since..."
She read from her prepared statement, her voice steady and methodical. Declan nodded along from his seat, grinning so wide it practically reached his ears.
I hovered behind him, watching that smug look on his face, and it made my stomach turn. He'd probably forgotten that when I took the fall for him, Serena had stood in a courtroom just like this one, saying all the same things, making wrong look right.
But just as the prosecutor was about to push back, Serena's tone shifted without warning.
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