Chapters Nineteen and Twenty Summary

Annabel gets to the courthouse early with her family around her in support. She looks for Owen, but there is no sign of him. She keeps looking for him, thinking he will arrive in the last moment, but he doesn't. When the prosecutor calls her to the stand an hour and a half later, she is on her own, and she gets her first unobstructed view of Will. The first thing she notices is the black eye that he has, despite someone's efforts to cover it up with makeup. She identifies him when asked, and when it is finally over, they walk out into the sunshine. The first thing Annabel sees is Owen. She asks her family to wait, and goes over to him. He tells her that while he has a good reason for not being...