There were consequences to face for the silence in that house.

But the boys’ affection for the woman who had tucked them into bed was real, too.

I was beginning to see how difficult it would be to untangle what people had done wrong from what they had done out of fear.

PART 9

The independent pediatric team reviewed the twins’ medication history over the next week.

They found that some treatments had been prescribed for plausible reasons but were poorly coordinated with one another.

A few changes had not been communicated clearly to the physicians Kenneth consulted elsewhere.