Chapter 5 - Doctor Confirms Baby Frederick Was Drugged With Sedatives
By afternoon, we received the preliminary toxicology results from Vanderbilt Children's Hospital regarding little Frederick. The pediatric specialist closed the consultation door behind him with a grave expression.
"Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, we found traces of a mild over-the-counter sedative in your son's system," the doctor stated quietly. Amy gasped, her hands flying to her mouth as tears welled up in her eyes.
"A sedative? But we never gave him anything like that," Amy sobbed, looking frantically between the doctor and me. "Someone was administering it to him in his evening formula bottles," the doctor explained carefully.
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The horrifying realization washed over me with sickening clarity. My mother wasn't just starving and exhausting Amy; she was keeping Frederick perpetually drowsy so he wouldn't interfere with their takeover plans.
"They wanted him quiet so they could move freely through our home," I whispered, shaking with cold fury. We filed immediate emergency child endangerment addendums with the detectives handling the case.
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