Setting the scene…
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The Quiet Room
14 year old Emily is interviewed by police about a murder. They believe she has something to hide and won't give up on pressuring her to talk. Emily can't reply on her mother, wanting to protect her from the emotional consequences brewing
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Previously
…The visit ended too soon. A guard came to take me back to my cell. I hugged the rabbit keychain and watched my mother leave, her shoulders hunched, her steps slow. The trial was still months away. The cost of the truth was yet to be fully counted. But in that moment, seeing my mother's face, I knew I had done the right thing. I returned to my cell, the rabbit keychain warm in my hand. The walls were still gray, the light still flickered, but for the first time in weeks, I felt a sliver of hope. The truth had set me free. But the cost—the cost was still being tallied, one day at a time.