My Apartment Burned Down. My Parents Said, “Not Our Problem.” Then the Fire Investigator Called.

talking. He’s trying to make a deal.”

I looked up at the sky—clear blue, endless. “Good. Let him talk.”

The trial lasted three weeks. The evidence was overwhelming—video footage, witness testimony, forensic analysis of the timer device, Richard’s confession. Patricia’s lawyer tried everything: temporary insanity, coercion by gambling debts, even attempted continue reading …