Chapter 33 - The Courtroom BattleTwo months later, the criminal trial against Kate began.
Mark refused to let Lily and Owen testify in person to protect them from further psychological harm. Instead, Miller presented the forensic evidence: the digital logs of Kate's fake updates, the bank statements proving her theft, and the medical reports detailing the severe malnutrition and bruises on the children's bodies.
Kate sat at the defense table, wearing a plain gray prison uniform. Her lawyer tried to claim she suffered from severe post-traumatic stress after her sister's death, causing "temporary lapse of judgment."
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Mark took the witness stand.
He stared directly at Kate, his voice steady and icy. "She didn't have a lapse of judgment. She calculated every lie. She starved my children while spending their mother's legacy. She is not a grieving aunt; she is a monster."
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