Ruth Dugdall

want to capture the memory of it.

haven’t slept for two night

encrusted on the cutlery.

have waited nine months for the trial. The time a baby takes, though all that grows inside me is fear.

Sometimes, things are not as they seem. And sometimes our closest friends can be the enemy.

“I put it to you that the proper verdict is that Rose Wilks is not guilty of murder. She is not guilty of manslaughter.”