Connie described preserving the glass and the proposed documents.

Nina explained her event-service records.

Investigators laid out financial connections, contradictory statements, and verified communications.

Medical experts discussed the limits of the toxicology findings and the administrative failures that had allowed me to be transferred after an erroneous pronouncement.

Nothing felt as dramatic as the stories I used to see on television.

There were interruptions, procedural questions, long explanations of dates, and hours spent waiting while lawyers argued over which records could be introduced.

During one break, I caught sight of Leticia across the room.