Chapter 4 - The police take both statements
I was interviewed about Chloe.
I was also interviewed about myself.
Fair.
Officer Melissa Crane asked:
“Did you kick Ms. Weston?”
“Yes.”
“Where?”
“Upper leg. Maybe hip.”
“Was she actively striking your child at that second?”
“No.”
“Did she move toward the child again?”
“I don’t remember.”
“Why did you kick her?”
“To get her away from Lily.”
Then I stopped.
Accuracy.
“And because I was furious.”
Crane nodded.
That stayed in the report.
Chloe claimed my kick caused severe back pain.
Urgent care later documented a hip contusion and mild lumbar strain.
No fracture.
No head injury.
She also initially claimed:
“I did not slap the child. I pushed her face away when she got juice on me.”
That lasted less than two hours.
Too many witnesses.
The manor had interior security cameras in the grand hall.
No audio.
The video showed Chloe turning.
Arm moving.
Open hand contacting Lily’s face.
Lily staggering.
Tooth falling.
Then me kicking Chloe.
Clear.
No angle debate.
No hidden attacker.
No mystery.
Police photographed Lily’s mouth and the tooth.
The tooth had traveled to the hospital in a specimen cup because Julian’s cousin Mark had picked it up using a napkin.
Strange object to become evidence.
It was eventually returned.
I did not keep it forever.
At the time, I stared at that tiny tooth and thought:
My daughter lost part of her body while her father watched.
May you like
Dramatic thought.
Still how it felt.
