A three AM phone call about a locked room changed everything

hand covering his mouth, but his lawyer did not look at him, keeping his eyes on the judge.

“The court notes that on twelve separate Thursdays, the younger child, Chloe, was left in the care of a neighbor because of late cancellations,” Judge Miller said, her pen poised over her notepad.

“These cancellations match the travel logs in the blue notebook continue reading …