Elara's POV
For once, Veronica said exactly what I was thinking.
I turned to the judge. "She's right. If Celeste didn't deliberately hire someone to kill a child, then none of this makes any sense."
Celeste shot me a look that could kill. Then she turned to Orion, and her eyes filled with tears right on cue.
"Ori, I didn't. I can't twist words the way Elara can. I've never been good at that. But you believe me. Don't you?"
Orion let out a breath and turned to me. "Elara. Just say what you saw. Nothing more. You've confirmed Celeste was standing in front of you. That's the only fact that matters here."
He turned to Judge Halloway. "You heard her. At the exact time of the transfer, Celeste was standing in front of Elara and Veronica. She never met the impostor."
Judge Halloway scanned
