Accidental Life by Pamela Binnings Ewen

Author:Pamela Binnings Ewen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian, Suspense
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2013-06-04T16:00:00+00:00

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“The State calls Glory Lynn Chasson to the stand.”

Alice felt her heart pumping in her chest. She turned her head as the bailiff opened the courtroom door and the young woman lawyer, the assistant DA who’d been sitting at the prosecution table with Peter Jacobs all morning, entered along with another woman, someone much younger. They started down the aisle together, the lawyer steering the young woman toward the gate.

So. This was Glory Lynn Chasson, the mother who’d made the complaint. Alice leaned forward for a better look. It couldn’t have been easy to step up to the altar of public opinion the way she had. Glory Lynn clung to Peter’s assistant as they walked past. Alice guessed her age at nineteen or twenty. Her face was pale. Her expression was set, her lips pressed together into a thin line and shadows deepened her eyes. She wore a soft green dress with long sleeves. The skirt billowed around her knees. About a decade out of date, Alice figured. As they reached the rail-gate, she stumbled and the lawyer caught her. Nerves.

Peter Jacobs was waiting for her. He reached out and Glory Lynn took his hand, while the woman lawyer hurried back to her seat at the table. Peter walked the witness toward the stand where the clerk was waiting. He watched while she put her hand on the Bible, looked at the clerk, and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Peter waited until Glory Lynn was settled in the chair behind the wooden partition. Then he turned to her and asked her to state her name for the record. For about ten minutes they wandered through some questions about her life—her age, Alice had been right, she was young, twenty. Occupation: secretary. He asked a little about her job and her life, and what schools she’d attended. Even from the back of the courtroom, Alice could see the girl slowly starting to relax.

And then, like a sudden shift in weather, everything changed.

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