“Who is currently in Miami?” he asked.
“Eleanor Bennett, Chloe Mason, Mark Mason, and my nephew Ethan,” David said.
“Do any of them live at your apartment?”
“No.”
“Did any have permission to remove the food and baby supplies?”
“No.”
“Did they know Mrs. Bennett needed medical care?”
Maya answered.
“I told Eleanor the incision was painful and bleeding.”
“What did she say?”
“That it was normal.”
“Did you ask to see a doctor?”
“Yes.”
“And?”
“She said the doctor would only frighten me and that David would blame me for making him leave work.”
Officer Grant wrote carefully.
David felt anger rising again, but this time it was different.
It did not need to explode.
It needed to remain clear.
The officer closed his notebook.
“There may be several issues here—unauthorized use of funds, removal of property, and possible neglect of a vulnerable adult and infant. Those terms have legal definitions. I’m not making conclusions tonight.”
