Chapter 6 - Margaret Had Been Building Evidence
Rebecca told Laura not to confront anyone yet.
Instead, they preserved records.
Laura began reviewing the past six months.
Margaret had repeatedly provoked arguments at family gatherings.
Someone always filmed.
Clips began only after Laura became angry.
None showed what happened before.
Daniel had encouraged Laura to attend therapy after her father’s death.
That was reasonable.
But he later asked detailed questions about medications, sleep, and
panic attacks.
Laura had assumed he was worried.
Now those conversations looked different.
Then Ethan revealed Margaret had coached him.
“She asked if you forget things.”
Laura’s hands tightened.
“What did you say?”
“That everybody forgets things.”
“What else?”
“She asked if you scare me.”
Ethan began crying.
“I said no, but she told me to think harder.”
Laura hugged him.
The dinner humiliation had a purpose too.
Margaret wanted Ethan upset.
She wanted him recorded.
And she wanted Laura to explode when she arrived.
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The guests filming were not random.
They were creating another piece of “evidence.”
