Chapter 8 - PREVIOUS INCIDENTS
Detective Ortiz asked Ethan about family gatherings.
Carefully.
With a child interviewer.
No leading.
Ethan described:
Tyler yelling when he rode a bike near the barn.
Grandpa telling him not to climb a fence.
Grandma blaming him for a broken planter he did not break.
One incident where Tyler photographed mud on Ethan’s shoes beside a greenhouse.
I remembered.
They had made a ridiculous fuss.
I apologized.
Cleaned it.
Then another.
Tyler told Ethan to carry an empty fertilizer bag toward a storage shed.
Then photographed him beside locked equipment.
Why?
Creating a record.
May you like
Not abuse.
Documentation theater.
