I hadn’t thought about it again.

“Are you saying he gave our daughter his medication?” I asked.

“The evidence raises that concern,” Vale said.

“We’re working carefully to determine what we can prove.”

She emphasized that the investigation wasn’t complete and that different authorities could make different decisions based on their respective standards.

I told Sadie only what was necessary and appropriate with her therapist’s guidance.

The medication wasn’t something she should have been given from an unlabeled bottle without proper medical assessment, and she had done the right thing by reporting it.