Months passed.

The case moved faster than anyone expected. The evidence was undeniable—videos, toxicology reports, the hired cameraman’s testimony. Everything pointed in one direction.

My mother didn’t deny it anymore.

But she didn’t break either.

At the trial, she stood straight, composed, even elegant—like she always had. When the judge asked if she had anything to say, she didn’t look at the court.

She looked at me.

“I didn’t lose my son,” she said calmly. “You gave yourself away.”

I thought it was just another manipulation.

Until the verdict came.

Guilty.

Attempted poisoning. Psychological abuse. Fabrication of evidence.

She was sentenced.

And just like that—she was gone.

Life was supposed to get better after that.