Chapter 143. The End of Amanda ‘Not’ Clarke (3)

AMANDA

Of all the witnesses, Kent was the most questioned, just as I expected. It was only fair because he was my accomplice, the man doing my dirty business.

Kent was asked to corroborate Tom's claims, Dylan's statements, and the length of our relationship in detail, and he did just so.

He recounted our meetings and conversations down to the last argument we had about poisoning Renee and my threats to his son.

He also provided physical evidence of everything that occurred between us. Photographs, videotapes, tickets, receipts. Everything. Every fucking thing, Kent brought them all out.

It got to a point where I couldn't listen anymore, because it was just too much.

The prosecutor pulled out every thread of information he could use against me, and Kent unspooled the same threads, bit by bit by bit.

Never in my life had I felt so guilty and ashamed.

All the parts of me that'd previously felt confident about this case peeled