Chapter 7 - THE NURSE'S TESTIMONY
The preliminary hearing was a bloodbath. Vivian had hired the most expensive defense attorney in Texas, a shark named Keller, who immediately tried to paint me as an estranged, greedy daughter returning only for the inheritance.
But then I called Elena to the stand. The night nurse who had texted me.
Elena testified, shaking but resolute, about the late-night visits Vivian made to my father’s room, the unauthorized pills she forced down his throat, and the cruel, mocking whispers she subjected him to. The audio recording was admitted into evidence. When Vivian’s own voice echoed through the courtroom, Keller closed his briefcase. He knew it was over.
