“That’s right.”

“Your son says you abandoned the house and took family property.”

Margaret breathed slowly. “They went to Hawaii without telling me. They left a note saying I couldn’t handle the flight. I simply left a house where I was no longer a mother.

I was a live-in employee with a pension.”

The younger officer lowered his eyes.

At that moment, Daniel’s voice came from the hallway. “Mom, open up! We need to talk!”