Desmond Ruiz thought about it, in June, and Priya got a warrant in July, and the soil in that pot was analyzed in a state laboratory in September.

It contained a benzodiazepine, in an amount consistent with the contents of a full prescription bottle, in a plant that had received no other watering in that period, in a house whose owner had a valid prescription for that exact drug filled eleven days before.

Evelyn Sterling took a plea in the spring and is serving a sentence in a facility ninety minutes from where she raised her son.

The apartment came back in fourteen months.