Chapter Thirty-TwoTwenty-Eight Days After
Stacey walked into the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Columbus, Ohio, on a cold and overcast morning. She made her way through the metal detectors and then found her way to Department 17. She saw Brad Caldwell sitting on the other side of the room and gave him a wave. He smiled and waved in return.
Stacey sat in the back of the court and waited through a series of pleas and arraignments on six cases. Then the clerk called out “The People of The Commonwealth v. Angela Bremmer.”
Linda Caldwell stood up at the defense counsel table, next to Thomas Gibbs, the Ohio attorney she had hired. The prosecutor also stood up at the adjacent table. “Good morning, Your Honor. Jackson Peterson for the People.”
“Thomas Gibbs for Ms. Bremmer Caldwell,
