CHAPTER EIGHTY
(part four)

Wednesday morning – 9:11 A.M.

“Mrs. Scully, have you ever seen any burns like this?” Ann Campbell asked.

The Assistant DA picked up a photo of the back of Jill’s head after she had been burned with acid.

“I saw Jill when she had those burns,” Honey said.

“Any other time?”

“I had those burns when I was about eleven,” Honey said.

“How did you get those burns?”

“My sister put car battery acid in my shampoo,” Honey said.

“Objection! Assumption!”

“How did you know your sister put the acid in your shampoo, Mrs. Scully?” the judge asked.

“She told me,” Honey said. “She said it was retribution for trying to make her look bad. She tried to do it again when we were in high school but after being burned once by family shampoo, I always bought my own. I hid mine in my room. She ended up burning our little sister Briana and Mom. Dad was furious.”

“Your little sister was…?” Ann Campbell asked.

“Six years old. She tried to shampoo her own hair. It was her second time washing her own hair,” Honey said. “She has a scar on her neck and back from it.”

“These scars?” Ann Campbell held up a photo of Briana’s neck, back and a small half moon scar on her forehead. “Please enter into evidence this picture of Briana Lipson.”

“Yes,” Honey said. “I have one too.”

“Would you mind showing us?” Ann Campbell asked.

“No ma’am,” Honey said. “I need some help.”

The bailiff helped Honey take off her silk jacket to expose her neck and shoulder.

“You have to look past the surgery scars, but I have the same scars on my shoulder and neck.”

Honey pointed to her shoulder and neck. When she looked up, she saw that everyone in the courtroom had a kind of stunned expression on their faces.

Denver Cereal continues tomorrow…