them.
Much worse.
Because evidence has a habit of appearing when people stop assuming they’re untouchable.
A hospital social worker arrived.
Then a patient advocate.
Then law enforcement officers.
Not because of who I was.
Not because of my rank.
Because allegations involving isolation, threats, and physical harm require attention.
Exactly as they should.
The Prescotts spent the next hour making phone calls.
Important calls.
Urgent calls.
The kind wealthy people make when they expect doors to open.
But something unusual happened.
The doors stayed closed.
Not because influence disappeared.