My Sister Called to Say Mom Had Died, While Mom Was Standing Right Beside Me

That surprised me. After everything that had happened, after the spectacle and the gasps and the headlines, I expected the trial to feel monumental. Instead, it felt tight, contained, almost intimate, like the walls themselves were leaning in to listen.

Dominique sat at the defense table in an orange jumpsuit that erased every ounce of elegance she continue reading …