“Because this log is a system record, not a complete transcript of the conversation.”

Harold leaned forward.

“We’ll need the staff note and the request record examined together.”

Denise nodded.

I looked at the timestamp.

The change occurred during the period when my father had persuaded me to go downstairs.

For weeks, my family described the afternoon as a misunderstanding.

But the records were beginning to show a sequence of decisions.