CHAPTER NINE
If there had been one aspect of being an agent that Kate had hated, it was the few times she’d had to appear in court to give her testimony or to testify against a prisoner’s parole. However, doing it now, a year removed from her job with the prospect of returning in a minor role in the future, she found it exciting.
She was set to testify against a man named Patrick Ellis. She knew the history like the back of her hand but still hung on every word as the judge recounted the case for those in attendance.
“It has been proven beyond reasonable doubt that Mr. Ellis killed a married couple while they were hiking on the Blue Ridge Mountain trails in 1993. The married couple, the Muellers, had been discovered three days following their fateful hike. Both of their heads had been s
