Tamsyn shrieked as her wrists were cuffed behind her.

And Ellard came in right behind the entry team, and found his daughter sitting up on the mattress — unharmed, free, her eyes clear and present — and for the first time in six years, no one was going to lock a door behind her.

Chapter 25 — Exhibit A

The case took months to build, and it was built to be unbreakable — against Radley Hatcher, against Tamsyn Grimes, and against two accomplices who had procured the unidentified body and falsified the accident report six years before.

The fake brass urn was entered as Exhibit A.

At sentencing, Sidonie stood at the lectern for over an hour.