The Camera Behind the Books
And Brenda said, “She wasn’t asleep at two.”
That is a lie told to a specific end, on camera, with a timestamp on it.
I sat on the floor of a hotel bathroom and put my hand over my mouth.
The rest of Tuesday afternoon is Beatrice going through the apartment.
She goes through Daisy’s toy box.
She goes through the drawer where we kept her clothes.
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