Chapter 52 After the verdict
The room did not erupt.
He had seen verdicts in films and television where the announcement produced an immediate outpouring, galleries breaking into noise, people embracing, the emotional pressure of weeks releasing itself all at once in a single dramatic moment. What happened in the courtroom on ...
Login and Continue Reading
Continue Reading in App
Discover Endless Tales in One Place
Journey into Ad-Free Literary Bliss
Escape to Your Personal Reading Haven
Unmatched Reading Pleasure Awaits You
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 An ordinary Tuesday
2. Chapter 2 The door left open
3. Chapter 3 What the night brings
4. Chapter 4 Somewhere to put it
5. Chapter 5 The morning after
6. Chapter 6 Before dinner
7. Chapter 7 The host
8. Chapter 8 What he left behind
9. Chapter 9 Birchwood lane
10. Chapter 10 Deller
11. Chapter 11 What the father knew
12. Chapter 12 The journalist
13. Chapter 13 Terms
14. Chapter 14 Coming back
15. Chapter 15 Nine O'Clock
16. Chapter 16 The funeral
17. Chapter 17 After
18. Chapter 18 The notebook
19. Chapter 19 The last entry
20. Chapter 20 The partial plate
21. Chapter 21 Derek Paulson
22. Chapter 22 What Sarah found
23. Chapter 23 Paulson
24. Chapter 24 Closing in
25. Chapter 25 The third day
26. Chapter 26 Before it breaks
27. Chapter 27 Sarah's case
28. Chapter 28 Twenty- four hours
29. Chapter 29 Six in the morning
30. Chapter 30 The arrest
31. Chapter 31 The arrangement
32. Chapter 32 What comes after
33. Chapter 33 The quiet weeks
34. Chapter 34 Two hours North
35. Chapter 35 The deal
36. Chapter 36 What Paulson knew
37. Chapter 37 January
38. Chapter 38 The trial date
39. Chapter 39 March
40. Chapter 40 The week before
41. Chapter 41 First day
42. Chapter 42 Farrell
43. Chapter 43 The first witnesses
44. Chapter 44 Paulson takes the stand
45. Chapter 45 Cross
46. Chapter 46 Redirect
47. Chapter 47 The chair
48. Chapter 48 What farrell did
49. Chapter 49 The defense
50. Chapter 50 Closing arguments
51. Chapter 51 Waiting
52. Chapter 52 After the verdict
53. Chapter 53 The call
54. Chapter 54 The weekend
55. Chapter 55 Monday
56. Chapter 56 Jordan's question
57. Chapter 57 The impact statement
58. Chapter 58 The draft
59. Chapter 59 Writing the statement
60. Chapter 60 The day before
61. Chapter 61 The sentencing
62. Chapter 62 What Raymond said
63. Chapter 63 The sentence
64. Chapter 64 After the sentence
65. Chapter 65 What remains
66. Chapter 66 Marcus comes to the city
Zoom out
Zoom in