Chapter 19 - THE PROSECUTORKelsey’s criminal case moved separately.

No instant trial.
No dramatic courtroom confession.
She admitted the first strike.
Claimed self-defense.
Video undermined that claim.
My prior texts and the paper-shove gave her lawyer something to argue.
But I was visibly pregnant.
She carried a heavy metal utensil into the confrontation.
I was backing away before the strike.
Children were present.
She eventually entered a plea to an assault-related offense.
Probation.
Community service.
Anger intervention.
No contact with me.
Suspended jail time conditioned on compliance.
Some relatives wanted prison.
Some of Kelsey’s friends thought I had weaponized pregnancy to ruin her.
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Neither side controlled sentencing.
Evidence did.