Where They Lie (Nora McTavish, #1)

by Joe Hart

Someone once said we don’t have a justice system, we have a legal system. I think about that. I think about that a lot.

We’re told a life without pain is ideal. To avoid suffering as much as possible. But pain is where you grow. We cry with our first breaths because it hurts to expel amniotic fluid and take in air. No transition occurs without pain.

trusted that fear. I wasn’t going to wave away her concerns like so many others did and put faith in the system. There were protections and well-meaning people behind them, but it wasn’t enough. The system never seemed to be liable. Never accountable. Just filled with platitudes and protocols that did nothing when the chips were down. It was nowhere to be seen in the aftermath.

Everyone has something to fight for. But not everyone has someone to fight for them.