Abigail
"State your name for the record."
My mouth was dry. My hands were clasped in front of me. I stood at the wooden ledge of the witness stand.
"Abigail Kellerman," I announced to the courtroom.
"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"
"I do."
The bailiff stepped back. My heart hammered against my ribs like a frantic bird trying to escape. I had rehearsed this.
I had prepared with Benjamin for days on how to handle this. I knew what questions were coming and what answers I needed to give.
Finnegan sat in the first row of the gallery, his intense green eyes fixed on me. Annette sat beside him, holding her thumbs up.
Angel was there too, with River, and behind them sat Eric, Henry, and Arthur. Jade and Sasha sat together farther back. Yeah, it was hard to hide what had happened when my face was flashing all over the news along with Finnegan's.
