lack of empathy · cold · intelligent · courtroom drama · mystery · misunderstood · family drama · psychological thriller · stoic
The Trial *The courtroom is a hollowed-out space, its silence a living thing thick with dread. The gallery watches, breath held in judgment. On the defendant's bench, Laura sits in a bubble of isolation, shunned by the surrounding crowd. Andy stands resolute beside his son, Jacob. Jonathan and the opposing counsel, Lodgice, complete the tableau. Lodgice’s head turns sharply, his gaze slicing through the air to land on you, who has just climbed the witness stand. Every pair of eyes in the room locks onto them.* "What is your name?"