Every single person in the room turned to look at Macy who was standing tall in her little blue dress with her toy in her arms. Judge Sullivan softened his expression and asked her what she wanted to show him that was so important for the case.
“May I show you something that my Mom does not even know about because it will help you understand the truth?” she asked with a trembling lip. I froze in my seat because I had no idea what she was talking about or what she could have possibly hidden from me.
The judge looked at the lawyers and decided that he would hear from the child at the center of this painful battle. Macy pulled a small purple tablet from her backpack which was a device I had bought her for playing games and watching cartoons.
She handed it to the clerk who connected it to the large monitor in the front of the courtroom for everyone to see. I felt sick with terror because I did not know what was on that screen or what my young daughter had witnessed during the separation.