Chapter 6 - Beatrice Ordered a Medical Kit
A search of financial records later identified a purchase made through
Vance Family Advisory.
A private medical supply vendor.
The invoice was vague.
Pediatric wellness equipment.
But the shipment weight and internal product codes pointed to monitoring
supplies and injectable equipment.
That did not prove what touched Leo.
Toxicology still mattered.
Then hotel footage showed Beatrice arriving with the same black pouch
seen outside the suite.
She handed it to a woman near the service elevator.
The woman was Dr. Elaine Porter.
I knew her.
She was the pediatric consultant Beatrice had insisted we use during
Leo’s first months.
I had stopped seeing her after she repeatedly described Leo as
“developmentally fragile” despite his regular pediatrician disagreeing.
Elaine had attended the birthday party as a family friend.
Now she was carrying the pouch.
Dad asked:
“Did she ever suggest Leo had a serious condition?”
“Yes.”
“What kind?”
“Neurological episodes.”
“Did he?”
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“No.”
At least, not until his first birthday.
