Karen rolled her eyes. "Dorothy, you have no clue what''s happening! Jeffrey has been acting like he''s possessed at home, constantly going on about ''my daughter this, my daughter that.'' I feel like he doesn''t even care aboutanymore." "That''s on you, Jeffrey," Dorothy said, trying to be fair. She knew that women could be quite sensitive and in need of extra affection right after giving birth.


    Jeffrey frowned in frustration. "That''s unfair! At home, Karen is treated like royalty! Whatever she wants, I get for her, be it food, drinks, clothes, you nit. How can she say I don''t care about her?" "Is it just food and drinks I need?" || "Before we had the baby, Jeffrey would spend all day in the bedroom with me, watching movies, even givingadvice on work stuff! Now, he spends twenty out of twenty-four hours in the nursery, almost nevering back to our bedroom at night!" Karen''s words were punctuated by tears starting to well up in her eyes.


    Dorothy understood this was likely postpartum depression. Even though it''s something many try to avoid, the hormonal imbnces after childbirth could still lead to difort.


    Seeing Karen cry, Jeffrey immediately surrendered. No, he had actually surrendered earlier.


    "Please don''t cry! Dorothy, helfort her. From now on, I''ll stay with you in our bedroom, okay? I won''t go see our daughter anymore, I promise!" Jeffrey''s panicked reaction reassured Dorothy. At least her friend was being cherished and cared for. She had helped Jeffrey in the past, and it seemed her efforts weren''t misced. If she had been wrong, Dorothy would have felt incredibly guilty.


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    It was a rare asion that the four of them were together. Jeffrey and Karen, now with a daughter, were even busier than Everett. Halfway through their meal, Dorothy''s phone suddenly rang.


    Everett nced at her. "Who''s calling?" "I don''t know." She checked her phone; it was Ephraim. What did he want at this time? "I''ll take this." Dorothy excused herself and stepped outside the restaurant to answer the call.


    "Ms. Sanchez, the defendant Heather suddenly changed her statement, iming another defendant was the main nner and denying her involvement." || || "This couldplicate the case. We need to investigate further, and they''re preparing to interrogate Heather for the truth." Dorothy felt Heather''s change of heart might be rted to their meeting earlier. But...


    Her sentence seemed a done deal, so why change her statement now? "Will this affect us much?" "Not really, it might just dy the appeal court date and... we''ll need to review the other defendant''s case as well," Ephraim cautiously added, "We can''t tell if this is good or bad yet: Heather''s change might actually help fulfill your wish for both. defendants to face the death penalty."  Previously Amanda had managed to et escape punishment thanks to Heather taking all the me. If Heather''s change in statement affected this, the appeal''s outcwas uncertain.  "I''ll ept whatever the court decides, Dorothy said, suddenly noticing someone nearby. Lookup, she saw Everett. He had followed her outside.  ?w