"Mara Wrights please stand"

I feel myself standing upright despite my legs being numb.
My heart is pounding in my chest.

"In the matter of------- as to -------murder to the 1st degree, in the -------case of the murder of Ayomi Taylors the jury finds the defendant"

It was as if time stood still.

Mouth dry.
Shallow breathing.
Sweaty palms.
Mind drawing blanks.

"Not Guilty" 

everything goes black 

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