That was the lesson she wanted to carry into her work with children.

Their voices mattered not because those voices might someday reveal a spectacular secret, but because a child was a person even when there was no courtroom listening.

She turned off the kitchen light and left the photograph where she could see it each morning.

PART 13

The prosecutor reviewed the new documents and withdrew the allegation against Clara for lack of evidence supporting the charge.

The court recorded the disposition and vacated the remaining dates.