Chapter 6 - THE POLICE ARRIVAL AND THE FIRST INTERROGATION

Minutes later, sirens wailed outside as two police officers and an ambulance pulled up to our house. My mother rushed downstairs to meet them, dabbing at dry eyes and spinning the exact same fictional narrative she had posted online, claiming Clara had suffered a severe mental breakdown and smashed her own prescription bottles. The lead officer stepped into the nursery where paramedics were gently examining Clara on the floor. When the officer asked my mother for her side of the story, she pointed a trembling finger at my weeping wife, asserting that she was a danger to the child and needed immediate psychiatric evaluation.