We had both spent enough time accepting confident answers that hadn’t been checked.

PART 6 — The Elevator Doors

Owen returned after reviewing the supervised meal notes and the new clinical information.

He did not pretend he had never mentioned anxiety or an ordinary stomach problem.

“I need to correct how narrowly I was looking at this,” he said.

Victor sat opposite him in the consultation room.

I sat beside Dana.

Owen explained that Noah had eaten more comfortably during staff-controlled meals and that the previous complaints hadn’t recurred in the same way during the documented observation period.