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Deposition in Absolute Black

Words: 3082 · Source Novel:: The Scent of Guilt

At the highly publicized trial of the heir accused of murder, Aidan takes the stand. The defense ridicules a blind man’s testimony. In a dramatic move, Aidan asks the judge to plunge the courtroom into total darkness. In that void, he reenacts the night step by step, identifying the precise location of a hidden spent shell casing by the distinctive ping it made when kicked across the floor. He then walks unerringly to the defendant and affirms the guilt through the same pungent scent signature. The jury is shaken, but the defense argues it was a theatrical trick. The tension peaks as Detective Fletcher presents a corroborating fragment of cloth found where Aidan said he heard the murderer stumble, still carrying traces of the rare ambergris.