“I don’t,” I said.

Then I said it again, stronger.

“I don’t want him here.”

PART 8: The First Interview

Detective Marisol Vega visited after my doctors decided I could tolerate a short conversation.

She wore plain clothes, carried a notebook, and began by telling me I could stop whenever I needed to rest.

She did not start by asking why I had remained married to Wyatt or why I had allowed Harper in our home.

She asked me to describe the evening in my own words, beginning wherever I remembered clearly.