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misinterpreting cruelty
Alex’s interview had barely begun when I heard it.
Not conversation.
Not normal questioning.
Crying.
Not soft either.
Panicked.
The sound tore through me.
A second later, Alex ran out of the sitting area, tears streaming down his face.
“Amber!”
He crashed into me, arms wrapping around my waist so tightly it hurt.
I dropped to my knees immediately.
“Hey-hey-what happened? Alex, breathe.”
He was shaking.
“She said-I don’t deserve-you-”
Behind him, Ms. Patric stood rigid.
And just then, Jason and Mrs. Stevenson stepped back into the living room.
Jason’s eyes took in everything in one sweep.
Alex crying.
Me holding him.
Ms. Patric pale.
“What happened?” His voice was dangerously calm.
Alex turned toward him, sobbing openly now.
“She said my mom is dead,” he cried. “And I don’t deserve another one.”
My blood ran cold.
Jason didn’t move.
“She said I would have lived here more time of i didn’t told daddy I Victoria was mean to me,” Alex continued through tears.” And that if I hadn’t complained, I could’ve stayed longer, and that it this was my fault because i said i wanted Amber to be my mom.”
The silence that followed felt violent. 1
Jason’s head lifted slowly toward Ms. Patric.
“What,” he asked, voice low and lethal, “did you say to my son?”
Mrs. Stevenson stepped forward sharply.
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“Ms. Patric?”
Ms. Patric shook her head inuediately.
“I never said that. He’s distressed Children can misinterpret-”
“He is not misinterpreting cruelty,” I snapped rising with Alex still clinging to me.
Jason took one step forward.
“Did you reference his deceased mother?” he asked coldly.
“No.”
“Did you imply removal based on loyalty?”
“No.”
Her denial was immediate.
Too immediate.
I looked directly at Mrs. Stevenson.
“I want the recording.”
A flicker of hesitation.
“We do not record children during these interviews,” she replied.
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