9:00 am and deliberations just started. We were going for fast but maybe it will be longer than we planned. I've already seen the two idiots. Detective Carter is here as well. I can't really get a read on either of them. They both have emotionless faces. The courtroom is relatively quiet. Just hushed whispers. While everyone is in their own world, I hear the door open and look behind me to see Collin walk in. He hasn't been at the trial at all. Standing I go to greet him. “Collin, how are you?” I ask him, offering my hand. “I'm good and you?” he says while shaking mine. “I'm good as well. Come, have a seat with me?” “Thank you.” We go sit neither of us really talking. “I have been afraid to come. I didn't want to hear the defense say anything negative about my family.” “I u

