My eyes open and for a moment I am confused by the indigo ceiling. The last thing I remember was falling asleep in Taylor’s car after five gruelling hours of practising with the lawyers. The reality of a criminal case is so far removed from the glitz of the Hollywood courtrooms that we are used to seeing on TV. The lawyers are nervous, that is plain to see. I guess everyone thought Taylor’s testimony would be a walk in the park but the fact that he got such a grilling suggests that the Defence is putting up a pretty good offence. So now everyone is pinning their hopes on me, and that is completely terrifying.
As I was asked the same questions over and over again in different ways, I felt myself becoming more and more numb to it all. I kept having to remind myself that this is the girl who
