At the time, I’d assumed some doctor had mixed up two patient files.

Now I wondered why my father had been talking about it at all.

Ruiz asked if she could see the bottle.

I didn’t have it.

Dad had apparently taken it away from Tiffany after I left.

The deputy explained that investigators would seek the relevant pharmacy and medical records through appropriate legal procedures; the label itself would not prove who had obtained the medication or why.

“Someone put it in my backpack,” I said.