Chapter 74

• The air was thick with tension as Chase was brought to court. Chase sat stoically at the defendant's table, his eyes fixed on the judge at the front. The room was filled with murmurs and whispers as the case of the poisoned goods unfolded.
• Helen, filled with fear and prayer in her heart, moved to sit across from Chase, her eyes searching for Heather as she prayed over and over that the hearing would go in her favor while trying to keep herself composed.
• Suddenly, they heard a bang on the door as the judge, a stern-looking man with a no-nonsense demeanor, walked in, moving briskly to her respectable seat in front of the court and banging her gavel to call the court to order.