Every Time My Daughter Came Home Unresponsive, My Husband Told Me Not to Worry. The Recording in Her Backpack Revealed Why.

I said no.

My refusal startled me.

Before then I had believed good motherhood required finding out every horrible detail.

Teresa reminded me that I could ask my attorney or the detective to explain the significance without hearing or seeing material that might overwhelm me.

I chose to receive a summary.

It was enough to understand that investigators were assembling records from several sources and that the case did not depend solely on my daughter’s incomplete memory.

Harper began seeing Dr.