Children who testified in court against your own parents, how did that change you? I was 14 when I had to testify against my mom for trying to kill my dad. They were going through a nasty divorce, and one night, I woke up to screaming. I ran downstairs to find my dad on the floor, choking and vomiting, while my mom just watched. She had poisoned his drink. I called 911 while she begged me not to, saying he deserved it for cheating on her. The trial was six months later. Walking into that courtroom was the scariest moment of my life. My mom kept trying to catch my eye, but I couldn't look at her. When I took the stand, her lawyer tried to say I was lying to help my dad win custody. But I told them everything – how I saw her put something in his drink, how she watched him suffer, how she tried to stop me from calling for help. The worst part was describing how she changed after that night. She would send me letters from jail, sometimes threatening me, sometimes begging for forgiveness. I haven't spoken to her since the trial. She got 15 years, and I went to live with my dad. I'm 25 now, and I still get flashbacks to that night. Sometimes I wonder if she ever really loved me, or if I was just a pawn in her game.
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