Chapter Sixteen

Dex admired her courage even though he felt like Ronald was overstepping his boundaries by suddenly dragging her into it. He sighed and leaned back in his seat as Ronald began to dig into his briefcase. He pulled out a tape recorder and pressed record. He noted the day and time and time and then asked Maribell to speak. 

Maribell looked over at Dex with unsure eyes but when he nodded his head that it was okay  then she sighed and leaned forward. She was uncertain on where to start and with a little direction from Ronald found herself telling him about her past. 

“In order to understand how I ended up in Bernard’s cells you have to understand what my life was like before everything that happened. My dad left my mom when she was pregnant with my youngest brother. For a while it was my mom, my twin sister, my little brother, and me. My m