Ch. 38: Picture Perfect - Pt. 1

I’ve been in my dad’s home office with him for the past two hours, going over my court case. I love my dad, I really do, but when he gets into lawyer mode, he’s all business and boring as hell. He called me in here as soon as he got home from work, and we have been here ever since, even eating supper in here together. I get that we need to do whatever we can to make sure Toby, Brandon, Mason, and Kaylee do not get a slap on the wrist, but it’s exhausting going over the same thing over and over and over again.

“Hey, Dad, do you think we can break for now, and pick it up tomorrow?” I let out a big yawn.

He folds his hands on top of his desk and gives me a sympathetic look, “I know you’re tired, sweetie, but they are going to come at you hard, and I want you to be prepared.”

“What’s there to prepare? All I have to do is tell the truth, right?”

“Well, yes, but it isn’t that simple, Ella. The Defense is going to bring up how it was dark and how you didn’t see their faces clearly, cl