My prolonged absence during Loretta’s illness allowed them to conduct transactions without my daily scrutiny.
Afterward, the suspicious financial activity became the very evidence they used to accuse me.
But I still struggled with one question.
How had the criminal case ended in my conviction despite my consistent denials?
Helen found part of the explanation in my original defense records.
My former attorney had introduced some favorable evidence but failed to secure the technical documentation necessary to challenge the bank approvals.
He hadn’t requested all the relevant electronic records identifying the transactions’ origins before the applicable deadlines.
The court therefore considered the available evidence sufficient to support the prosecution.
“That doesn’t mean everyone conspired against you,” Helen explained. “It means we have to prove facts that couldn’t be established back then.”
I sat staring at the documents.
For years, I’d believed everyone had deliberately chosen to disregard me.
