The police did not. She was arrested that night. By morning, the charge was murder.
Claire was questioned for hours. Eventually, she admitted she had seen her mother near the bottle. She admitted she had said nothing.
That silence carried consequences—accessory after the fact. Daniel collapsed during questioning. He told investigators his mother had warned him not to marry me.
He said she talked about “tainted genetics,” about destiny and divine judgment. He said he should have stopped her. He said he had known she was capable of something like this.
I listened from behind the glass. And in that moment, something settled inside me with terrifying clarity. My son didn’t die because of negligence.
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