Chapter 6 - The Mistress’s GambitMidway through the trial, Margot’s attorney presented a "surprise" witness: the babysitter, who had miraculously survived the crash and, according to them, had been "coerced" by me into lying about the accident.
I sat in the gallery, my pulse hammering. I knew the babysitter had been blackmailed by Margot. But as she took the stand, I noticed the slight tremor in her hands. She was terrified. I sent a note to Samantha: Look at her neck.
Samantha squinted, then called for a sidebar. The babysitter had a fresh, angry bruise around her throat, hidden by a silk scarf. Under cross-examination, she broke. She revealed that Margot had been threatening her family from prison through a smuggled phone. The judge ordered Margot to solitary confinement, and the babysitter’s testimony turned into a devastating recount of how she had been forced off the road by Margot’s car.
