Chapter 5 - Justice ServedThe trial was a whirlwind. Sterling tried to claim it was all a misunderstanding, a "custody dispute," but the evidence I had—the audio files, the records of the calls, and the witness testimony of the boy and the widow—was absolute.
I took the stand as a witness. I told the court about the call, the whispered code, and the desperate cry for help. I looked at Sterling, who sat in his suit, his face a mask of arrogance, and realized that my years in dispatch hadn't just been a job; they were a preparation for this moment.
Evan was placed in the care of a foster family vetted by Mrs. Price’s estate. She had decided to adopt him. The woman who had been alone for twenty years and the boy who had been afraid for his whole life found a home in each other.
