His Lesson Killed My Mother Now He Will Pay Chapter 54
The next day, during questioning, Aisha placed the photo of the storm box in front of Sloane.
It was the same one she had posted to Instagram years ago.
My mother’s evacuation checklist, her medication records, and our family photos lay spread across the livestream table beside the poster for Sloane’s new course.
“Did you post this?”
“Yes.”
“Who did the items in this photo belong to?”
Sloane pressed her lips together.
“At the time, they were in the custody of the Vale Foundation.”
“I asked who they *belonged* to.”
“Elena Reyes.”
“Had you ever met her?”
“No.”
“Did you ever receive her authorization?”
“Graham said she would have wanted to share.”
Aisha turned to the next page.
It was the *Exclusive Content Authorization Agreement for the Sloane Mercer Podcast*.
Across the signature line ran the red slash I had drawn. The image showed the agreement torn into four pieces. It came from the documentary record of the charity dinner and had long been part of the original case file.
“This is the authorization you’re relying on?”
Sloane stared at the red line, her face slowly stiffening.
“Nora was emotionally unstable at the time.”
“So you knew she refused.”
“She couldn’t represent Elena.”
“Then why could Graham?”
Sloane opened her mouth.
The only sound in the room was the court reporter’s keyboard.
Aisha slid the photo of the agreement back into the file.
“You weren’t mistaken about having authorization.”
“You saw the refusal and decided to take it anyway.”