He Deceived Me So I Destroyed His Family’s Legacy Chapter 22
Lily looked at the notice, the bottle in her hand clicking softly against the counter.
“Nora.”
“I got one too.”
I looked up.
She pulled a neatly folded sheet of paper from her apron pocket.
Her name was first on the witness list.
I said instinctively, “You don’t have to go.”
But Lily shook her head.
“Yesterday, that woman was shaking the whole time she gave her report.”
“But she still finished every word.”
She tightened her grip on the paper.
“I want to finish mine, too.”
The doctor came out of the exam room.
He didn’t try to influence her decision. He only set a cup of warm water by her hand.
“The prosecutor said they’ll present the prescription records from the Blackwood house.”
“And they’ll ask about the fifth baby.”
Lily’s face went pale.
I took her hand.
But she lifted her eyes.
“Then let them ask.”
After we left the Blackwood house, the doctor had gone through Lily’s medical history one prescription at a time, using the drugs we’d taken with us.
Those bottles with her name on them contained sedatives strong enough to keep her in a constant fog—but not enough to treat her actual illness.