She broke the law to catch him. Now she's being used to set him free.
Elena Vargas picked up the phone and ended her career to stop a killer. She lost her license, her reputation, and the belief that doing the right thing would protect her.
She thought that was the worst it could get.
Then his defense lawyer sent the subpoena. For the defense.
Now she has to sit fifteen feet from the man who confessed to her, in a wooden chair under oath, and answer every question about his remorse. His sleepless nights. The hands he scrubbed raw in her office. The compassion she felt for him while a mother she also treated kept asking what happened to her son.
She cannot lie. She cannot refuse.
The mother is in the gallery. The wife is on the witness list. The detective is in the back row.
The truth she broke the law to tell is the truth that sets him free.