At Her Twins’ Funeral, a Mother-in-Law Attacks the Grieving Mom—Then a Four-Year-Old Reveals What She Saw in Their Bottles.
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Chapter 7 - THE FIRST BOTTLE TESTResidue from one bottle contained traces consistent with the same sedating compound found in Benjamin.
The second bottle was inconclusive.
Not proof of who put it there.
But route became more likely.
I threw up in the courthouse restroom when Laura told me.
Then I called Trevor.
Protective conditions did not bar us from all communication yet, though attorneys advised caution.
He answered immediately.
“Grace.”
“You saw her.”
Silence.
“You saw her put something in their bottle.”
“I saw her put what I thought was gas medicine.”
“You didn’t know what it was.”
“No.”
“You saw enough to say ‘not that much.’”
Silence.
“Trevor.”
“I didn’t think—”
“That is the problem.”
He started crying.
I did not comfort him.
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For nine years I had been trained to soften every conflict for him.
Not that day.
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Chapter 8 - DIANE’S FIRST EXPLANATIONThrough her attorney, Diane admitted adding something to the bottles.
Chapter 9 - EMMA’S DRAWINGEmma drew the kitchen.
Chapter 10 - WHAT TREVOR DID AFTER BENJAMIN DIEDAt 2:14 a.m., after Benjamin was pronounced dead, Trevor searched:
Chapter 11 - WHY HE WAITEDTrevor said panic.
Chapter 12 - MY OWN FAILUREI had left the boys with Diane alone before.
Chapter 13 - THE PHARMACY RECORDThe brown bottle residue finally matched a prescription medication Diane had been given months earlier for sleep.
