“I will. Thank you.”
They only gave us five minutes, and I was alone, again, lost and alone. Bill was gone, but his cruelty had taken a different manifestation.
* * *
Bail was denied, but my attorney promised an acquittal. There were only two good things about being locked up. I lost weight, and my friends didn’t fail me.
At the trial, the prosecutor made his case. “The State will prove that this young woman had motive, opportunity, and she found the means to take the life of this brave airman, William Allan. After a violent argument with her husband, she went to John Clément’s place for help. A neighbor who comforted her, and allowed her to spend the night while he went to work.
“Instead of using this time to cool off, Lillian Allan planned and then carried out the cold-blooded murde
