Chapter 4: Justice
Chapter 4: Justice
Months later, the courtroom was silent as prosecutors presented the evidence.
Medical experts testified that Addie's asthma attack became life-threatening because her rescue inhaler had been intentionally placed beyond her reach.
The responding paramedic also testified.
He explained that he recognized Luke's face from an old law enforcement bulletin distributed years earlier during the Mercer investigation.
That split second of recognition changed everything.
Luke never looked at me during the trial.
When the verdict was read, the jury found him guilty of attempted murder, child endangerment, and multiple fraud-related offenses connected to his false identity.
The judge called his actions "calculated, cruel, and deeply disturbing."
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He was sentenced to decades in prison.
For the first time since that terrifying night, I could finally breathe.
