When an officer located it switched off in a drawer of Brooke’s overnight bag, the explanation changed.

Brooke said she’d confiscated it because Jenna was calling Colin too frequently and making him anxious.

The detective didn’t tell me this meant a charge was guaranteed.

Evidence was being gathered, medical staff were documenting findings, and prosecutors would decide how to proceed.

Still, one point was becoming unmistakable: my mother and sister had told me Jenna was receiving care while actively preventing her from asking me or other people for help.

I asked Detective Mercer what would happen to them.