Chapter 22 - DANIEL TRIES TO SAVE HIMSELFDaniel cooperated.
Then over-cooperated.
He gave police messages.
Access.
Statements.
Then minimized.
He said he believed the drops were “basically tea.”
Texts contradicted him enough to show he understood they had a noticeable effect.
He had deleted several conversations with Evelyn after my fall.
Forensics recovered portions.
Why delete?
“Panic.”
That word does a lot of work in criminal cases.
Prosecutors evaluated whether deletion crossed into obstruction.
Some conduct supported consequences.
Not every frightened deletion becomes a felony.
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Separate tracks.
Separate proof.
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Chapter 23 - DIVORCEI filed six weeks after June’s funeral.
Chapter 24 - EVELYN’S PLEAEvelyn eventually entered a plea rather than forcing every issue through trial.
Chapter 25 - OLIVIA APOLOGIZESOlivia sent me a letter.
Chapter 26 - THE STAIRSTwo years after the fall, I stood at the top of the rebuilt staircase holding a cup of tea.
Chapter 27 - The EndTwo years and three months after I lost June, I woke before sunrise and made tea.
