Day in Court:
Helena jolted awake, she had never been in a courtroom, but she had read about them in detective stories. This was how she always pictured one to look.
“Why did you feel the need to rescue the girls from the Chinatown quarantine?” The man asked while facing the jury.
“Humm, they were all alone, and in that neighborhood. I wanted to save them,” Helena said.
“Even if they didn’t need saving?”
“What? They were in with the plague, I wanted to rescue them.”
“And what of their families? Did you plan to rescue the families?” The prosecutor pressed.
“I... I don’t understand the question.”
The man finally turned to face her before continuing, “Isn’t it true you only wanted to save the children to make a bigger name for yourself? For you, a simple publicity stunt.”
Helena had
