Chapter 16 - Claire’s mistake becomes evidence
My texts to Megan surfaced during pretrial negotiations.
Her attorney argued:
Claire had publicly? No, privately but forcefully accused Megan of intentionally poisoning Lucas before the investigation established whether Lucas self-ingested.
Correct.
She also argued the family environment made Megan afraid to come forward.
That part annoyed me.
Megan’s fear had begun before my texts.
She fled before I sent them.
Still.
My words were imprecise.
I told the prosecutor in a victim meeting:
“I shouldn’t have written ‘you poisoned Lucas’ as though I knew she gave it to him.”
The prosecutor said:
“Intentional administration is not our theory.”
Good.
The case was not built around my anger.
It was built around:
Theft.
Possession.
Concealment.
Child access.
Failure to warn.
Toxic exposure.
I wrote Megan one short message through counsel later:
“My earlier message accused you of intentionally administering the medication to Lucas. I did not know that. I was wrong to state it as fact.”
No apology for being angry.
May you like
Accuracy.
That mattered to me.
