Chapter 4 - THE POLICE QUESTIONSDetective Rebecca Sloan came to the hospital the next morning.
Not because a detective instantly handles every family assault.
Because a weapon had been used against my head, a child had been present and endangered, and the party generated multiple witnesses plus security footage.
She asked:
“Did Diane Palmer intend to strike Lily?”
“I don’t know.”
Important answer.
“What did you see?”
“She raised the bat again after hitting me.”
“Toward whom?”
“Us.”
“Was Lily between you and Diane?”
“Lily was in my arms.”
“Did your mother say anything suggesting she intended to hit the child?”
“No.”
“Did she swing the second time?”
“No. Aaron took the bat.”
Good.
The distinction mattered.
I wanted to say:
She tried to hit my baby.
The evidence supported:
She raised the bat while advancing toward a woman holding a three-year-old immediately after striking that woman in the head.
Serious enough.
No improvement needed.
Then the money accusation.
“Did you take Olivia’s envelope?”
“No.”
“Do you know what was actually inside?”
“No.”
“Did Olivia make a report to police claiming you stole it?”
“Not before Mom hit me.”
At the scene, after video had been shown, Olivia admitted to an officer that the envelope had never left her possession.
So there was no stolen ten thousand dollars.
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At least not from her.
The larger question was why she had staged the accusation.
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