He’s strong.

And he is going to be sitting in the front row at your trial.”

They took Brandon and Gretchen out through the main doors, down the long aisle, past the furious and heartbroken faces of the community they had deceived, and out into the cold where the police cars were waiting.

Camera flashes went off against the windows as the reporters understood, all at once, that the tragic memorial they had come to cover had just become the biggest criminal story of the year.

Chapter 16 — The Trial

Brandon’s trial did not last long.