Chapter 8 - Ivy Speaks

For the first time...
I stood in court.
My hands shook.
My voice nearly failed.
Then I remembered my mother's words.
"The truth doesn't need to shout."
It only needs courage.
I told everything.
Every detail.
Every bruise.
Every threat.
When I finished...
May you like
The courtroom remained silent.
Ryan never looked at me once.