During Family Breakfast, My Sister Hurled a Hot Frying Pan at My Daughter

“A child forensic interviewer sat down with six-year-old Olivia Miller at four o’clock this afternoon,” Detective Mitchell said.

I sat perfectly still in the wooden armchair by the door.

“Did my sister go into the interview with her?” I asked.

“No,” Detective Mitchell said.

“State protocol for child witness interviews doesn’t allow parents in the room.

A court-appointed advocate sat in.”

“And what did Olivia say?”

Detective Mitchell turned a typed page in the folder.