Chapter 5 — The Trial
Six months later...
The courtroom remained completely silent.
Prosecutors played the freezer security footage.
Jurors watched Caleb calmly lock the steel door before walking away.
No panic.
No hesitation.
No attempt to call for help.
Then Ethan testified.
He never raised his voice.
Never sought revenge.
He simply explained every decision he had made before that night.
Why he installed backup cameras.
Why he duplicated every recording.
Why he secretly transferred evidence to protected cloud storage.
"I believed he would eventually try to silence me."
The prosecutor asked,
"Were you surprised?"
Ethan answered,
"No."
Caleb finally lowered his head.
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For the first time...
he realized the trial had been lost long before it began.
