Chapter 8 - WHAT MASON REMEMBERED
Dr. Lena Morris, a child therapist experienced in trauma, met Mason after he began waking from nightmares.
Not every night.
Enough.
The dream was simple.
He bends for the football.
The rod becomes enormous.
He cannot move.
No blood.
No fire.
Just metal.
Dr. Morris did not interrogate him about evidence.
Important.
Therapy is not forensic investigation.
She helped him talk about fear.
Separately, a trained child interviewer handled case-related questions.
Mason remembered two earlier Legacy Saturdays.
First:
Trent made boys run a hill.
Mason finished last.
Trent said:
"Contis don’t finish last."
Mason cried.
A volunteer let him sit.
Trent became angry at the volunteer.
Second:
A boy named Caleb—not Trent’s son, just a family friend’s child—wanted to stop a plank exercise because his arms hurt.
Trent made everyone else wait until Caleb restarted.
Patricia watched from a chair.
"Nobody leaves one boy behind."
Sounded supportive.
In practice:
Eleven children stared until one exhausted boy continued.
Social pressure as training.
No documented injury.
Still troubling.
Then Mason:
"Uncle Trent said Grandpa Dominic used cards."
"What cards?"
"Scores."
"Did he score you?"
Mason nodded.
"Where?"
"Clipboard."
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The foundation review had not found any current scoring sheets.
Yet.
