Chapter 4: The Woman Who Wasn't Supposed to Speak

"I'm nobody," I said. "But your brother was four hours too late to kill that girl, and the state's own autopsy proves it." The room stopped breathing. "Page fourteen. Vitreous potassium, 9.1 millimoles per liter. Nobody in this building knows what that means. The medical examiner didn't flag it because nobody asked her. It means Ava Reyes had been dead at least four hours before Theo Vale's rideshare pulled up at 10:31. If Ms. Whitlock stands up and says 'accident,' she hands the jury the one...