Chapter 18 - WHY EVELYN WANTED ME ASLEEPThe answer was humiliatingly ordinary.
Daniel and Olivia had been using our house when I was away.
Not constantly.
Enough.
Evelyn knew.
She disapproved of adultery in theory and me in practice.
When I became increasingly suspicious, I stayed home more.
Asked questions.
Checked calendars.
Evelyn decided I was “spiraling.”
She began putting small amounts of medication in tea to make me rest.
At first, according to her later statement, she used an herbal sleep preparation.
Then one evening she used part of her own prescription because:
“The natural stuff barely worked.”
That was the line.
Barely worked.
As though my consciousness were a household appliance.
She continued.
Not every day.
Several times.
The morning of my fall, she added medication to my tea because Daniel had told her he planned to meet Olivia at our house later and “could not deal with Claire making another scene.”
Daniel denied asking her to drug me.
Evidence supported that denial.
He asked Evelyn to “keep Claire calm.”
Vague.
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Cowardly.
Dangerous in the hands of a woman who treated consent as inconvenience.
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