When They Beg I Rise (Lemira) novel Chapter 1094

Lemira met her glare with icy composure. "Then I'm afraid you're going to be very disappointed today."

Shortly after the session began, Amelia Sinclair was led into the courtroom wearing a prison uniform.

She looked far more haggard than the last time, her complexion pale and sickly.

When she spotted Amanda in the gallery, a wave of stark terror flashed across her face. "Are you really going to push for my execution?" she cried out. "We were best friends for years!"

Amanda simply stared at her with a chilling apathy, refusing to waste a single breath on a response. She was saving all her energy for the moment she took the stand to expose her former friend's treacherous poisoning.

After a brief struggle and a stern warning from the bailiff, Amelia was finally forced into the defendant's seat.

She kept her head bowed, trembling violently as if consumed by some unseen horror.

Watching this from the gallery, Sophia frowned in confusion. What was going on? Was there something else her mother had been hiding?

Susanna also sensed the shifting atmosphere. "Sophia, what else did Mom do?"

"How the hell should I know?"

Sophia snapped, her anxiety mounting. Whatever it was, it couldn't be good.

It didn't take long for the truth to drop like an anvil. Moments into the proceedings, Sebastian Bennett brought forward the explosive allegation of Amelia poisoning Amanda, backing it up with irrefutable evidence.

The attending physician whom Amelia had bribed took the stand, detailing step-by-step how Amelia had orchestrated the poisoning.

Hearing the doctor's testimony, Sophia was rocked to her core.

"Poisoning? How is that even possible?"

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