Chloe often accompanied him to public events.
Whenever people praised her for saving her father, she became embarrassed.
“I only told him what I found,” she would say.
But Gavin always corrected her.
“You told the truth when the adults had stopped looking for it.”
Five years after his release, Texas lawmakers passed reforms requiring more complete preservation of digital evidence and independent review in capital cases involving credible claims of innocence.
The new law became known unofficially as the Blue Bird Act.
On the day it was signed, Gavin and fourteen-year-old Chloe stood near the back of the room.
There were no television interviews afterward.
No dramatic speeches.
They simply walked outside together.
In the car, Chloe looked at her father.
